Is 茂る a stative verb?


Why don't dictionaries include this kind of things? Do Japanese ones do?




茂る is a punctual (instant state-change) verb (aka 瞬間動詞). That is,
この森には様々な木が茂っている almost certainly means that the forest is full of (already-
grown) various trees, not that various trees are in the process of growing
now.

> Why don't dictionaries include this kind of things?

Unlike the verb conjugation patterns (godan, ichidan, etc.), the differences
between action/stative/punctual are often blurry, and it's almost impossible
to perfectly categorize them. See discussions about
[溶けている](https://japanese.stackexchange.com/a/3140/5010) and
[寝ている](https://japanese.stackexchange.com/a/57195/5010).

> Do Japanese ones do?

Unfortunately, no.




茂る is a punctual (instant state-change) verb (aka 瞬間動詞). That is,
この森には様々な木が茂っている almost certainly means that the forest is full of (already-
grown) various trees, not that various trees are in the process of growing
now.

> Why don't dictionaries include this kind of things?

Unlike the verb conjugation patterns (godan, ichidan, etc.), the differences
between action/stative/punctual are often blurry, and it's almost impossible
to perfectly categorize them. See discussions about
[溶けている](https://japanese.stackexchange.com/a/3140/5010) and
[寝ている](https://japanese.stackexchange.com/a/57195/5010).

> Do Japanese ones do?

Unfortunately, no.

