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(transitive) To crowd into a place, especially to fill it. / (intransitive) To congregate. / (transitive) To crowd or press, as persons; to oppress or annoy with a crowd of living beings.

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throng

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Source Word

throng

IPA(Pronunciation)

/θɹɒŋ/

Verb

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(transitive) To crowd into a place, especially to fill it. / (intransitive) To congregate. / (transitive) To crowd or press, as persons; to oppress or annoy with a crowd of living beings.

Japanese Meaning

（場所に）人が群がって押し寄せる、または集まること。 / 群がってひしめく、混集すること。

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Fans throng the stadium each summer for the championship matches.

Google Translation / DeepL Translation

ファンは毎年夏、選手権の試合のためにスタジアムに押し寄せる。

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(transitive) To crowd into a place, especially to fill it.

By one o'clock the place was choc-a-bloc. […] The restaurant was packed, and the promenade between the two main courts and the subsidiary courts was thronged with healthy-looking youngish people, drawn to the Mecca of tennis from all parts of the country.

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