募る

• 読み: つのる
• ローマ字: tsunoru
• 漢字の分解: 募 (bo/tsuno) — recruit, collect, gather
• 発音: /tsɯ.no.ɾɯ/

意味

To intensify; to grow stronger; to become worse. Also: to recruit; to solicit; to collect.

A Group 1 (godan) verb with two distinct uses. As an intransitive verb, it describes emotions or conditions growing stronger or more intense (anxiety mounting, cold deepening). As a transitive verb, it means to recruit or solicit (募集する is the する verb equivalent). The intransitive sense is particularly common at N2 level.

例文

1. 寒さが募り、コートなしでは外出できなくなった。
2. 彼女への思いが日に日に募っていく。
3. 不安が募る中、ようやく結果が発表された。

使い方ガイド

場面: emotions, weather, literary descriptions

トーン: expressive

起源と歴史

From the kanji 募 meaning to recruit or gather. The intransitive sense of intensification likely developed from the image of feelings or conditions gathering and accumulating over time.

文化的背景

時代: Classical

世代: All ages

社会的背景: Universal