overflow, inundate, spill

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こぼ.れるあふ.れるみ.ちる

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ふれ溢れるIntransitiveUsually kanaIchidan verbFreq #3060
1

to overflow; to brim over; to flood

Examples
その街は活気にあふれていた
The town was full of activity.
ぼれ零れる溢れるIntransitiveIchidan verbFreq #3692
1

Word usually written using kana alone

to spill; to fall out of; to overflow

Examples
コーヒーがこぼれましたよ。
You've spilt your coffee.
2

to peek through; to become visible (although normally not)

3

to escape (of a smile, tear, etc.)

Examples
急に涙がこぼれてきた。
I burst into tears.
零す溢す翻すTransitiveUsually kanaGodan verbFreq #3694
1

to spill; to drop; to shed (tears)

Examples
私はコーヒーをじゅうたんにこぼしてしまった。
I spilled my coffee on the carpet.
2

to grumble (about); to complain (of)

Examples
父は交通騒音について不平をこぼした
My father complained about the traffic noise.
3

to let (one's feelings) show

溢れ出す溢れだすあふれ出すふれだGodan verbFreq #8932
1

to begin to overflow; to start overflowing; to pour out

Examples
道という道は川から溢れだした水で覆われていた。
Anything like a road was covered with water that had flooded out of the river.
溢れ出るあふれ出る溢れでるふれでIchidan verbFreq #10161
1

to overflow from something full

Examples
40万ガロンの石油がパイプラインから溢れ出た
400,000 gallons of oil have spilled out of the pipeline.
満ち溢れる満ちあふれるちあふれIntransitiveIchidan verbFreq #14321
1

to be full of (e.g. adventure, youth, energy); to be overflowing with

Examples
彼は希望に満ち溢れていた
He was brimming over with hope.
溢れかえる溢れ返るあふれかえるGodan verbFreq #21887
1

to be awash with; to teem with; to be full of

Examples
コンビニが女子であふれかえってて、押し分けて中にはいる気もせず、そのまま帰った。
The convenience store was overflowing with girls, I didn't have the urge to push my way through them and went home as I was.
愚痴をこぼす愚痴を零す愚痴を溢すぐちをこぼすExpressionTransitiveGodan verbFreq #23998
1

to whinge; to kvetch; to gripe; to complain; to whine

Examples
僕はもう君がぐちをこぼすのを聞き飽きている。
I'm getting sick of hearing you complain.
溢れんばかりあふれんばかり~の Adj.Freq #24103
1

overflowing; effusive; exuberant; bountiful

Examples
あの少年たちは若さがあふれんばかりだ。
Those boys are in the first flush of youth.
ぶれ溢れるIntransitiveUsually kanaIchidan verbFreq #31666
1

to fail (in getting a job); to miss out (at fishing, hunting, etc.)

Examples
今日は仕事にあぶれた
I found no job today.
2

to be left out; to be crowded out

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