Meaningbe luxuriant · grow thick · overgrownOn'yomiモKun'yomiしげ.るCommon compounds (4)おい茂る おいしげるto grow thickly; to be overgrown; to thrive; to grow in abundance滋る しげるto grow thickly; to be in full leaf; to be rampant; to luxuriate; to be luxurious繁み しげみthicket; bush; coppice; brushwood繁茂 はんもluxuriant growth; rankness (of weeds)