Crowds - Kuki

Japanese: 群来 - くき
Crowds - Kuki
〘 noun 〙 In spring, large schools of herring and other fish rush to the coast to spawn. 《Season・Spring》※Born Troubles (1918)〈Takeo Arishima〉3 "Because the number of herring swarms decreases year by year."

Gun-rai [Flock of people]

〘 noun 〙 To come in a group. [Ochibashu (1598)] ※Beio Kairan Jikki (1877) by Kume Kunitake, an example: "When they traveled around the northern part of the country, the people who came to greet and see them off all wished them good health and success."

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Japanese:
〘名〙 春、産卵のために、鰊(にしん)などの大群が海岸におしよせること。《季・春》※生れ出づる悩み(1918)〈有島武郎〉三「鰊の群来(クキ)が年々減って行く為めに」

ぐん‐らい【群来】

〘名〙 群れをなして来ること。〔落葉集(1598)〕※米欧回覧実記(1877)〈久米邦武〉例言「其北部を回るに当り、群来迎送するもの、皆一行の健勉を祝せざるなし」

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