混み合う

こみあう

Also written 込み合う

Meanings

1. Godan verb, Intransitive to be crowded; to be packed; to be jammed

Kanji

• 混 mix. Read as こむ.
• 合 fit. Read as あう.

Example sentences

• 京都は最も美しい時に一番混み合う。
  Kyoto is most crowded when it is most beautiful.
• その店は休日の買い物客で混み合っていた。
  The store was crowded with holiday shoppers.
• 見知らぬ人が混み合ったバスの中で私に話しかけた。
  A stranger spoke to me on the crowded bus.
• 彼の店はいつも客で混み合っている。
  His store is always crowded with customers.
• 込み合ったバスの中では若い人々は老人達に席を譲るべきだ。
  On crowded buses, young people should give their seats to old people.

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