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Illustration of 膨らむ

膨ふくらむ

ふくらむ fukuramu Play N2 Godan verb Intransitive

Meanings and examples

風や空気などを受けて、ふくらんで大きくなる。 to expand; to swell (out); to get big; to become inflated

Example 1

一陣いちじんの風かぜをうけて帆ほがふくらんだ。

A gust of wind swelled the sails.

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Example 2

タイヤに空気くうきを入いれれば膨ふくらむ。

If you pump air into a tire, it expands.

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Kanji breakdown

膨

N1

swell; get fat; thick

On reading
ボウ
Kun reading
ふく.らむ、ふく.れる
Radical
肉
Illustration of 膨らます

膨らます

N2

ふくらます

to swell; to expand; to inflate; to bulge

Illustration of 膨大

膨大

N2

ぼうだい

huge; bulky; enormous; extensive; swelling; expansion

Illustration of 膨れる

膨れる

N1

ふくれる

to get cross; to get sulky; to swell (out); to expand; to be inflated; to distend; to bulge

Illustration of 膨脹

膨脹

N1

ぼうちょう

expansion; swelling; increase; growth