Word details

膨らむ

Meanings, readings, and example sentences for the Japanese word 膨らむ.

Dictionary

Entry

膨らむくらむ脹らむIntransitiveGodan verbFreq #3250
1

to expand; to swell (out); to get big; to become inflated

Examples
一陣の風をうけて帆がふくらんだ
A gust of wind swelled the sails.

Character notes

Kanji in this Word

swell, get fat, thick

16 strokesFrequency 1,293JLPT N1Grade 8

On

ボウ

Kun

ふく.らむふく.れる

dilate, distend, bulge, fill out, swell

12 strokesJLPT N1Grade 9

On

チョウ

Kun

は.れるふく.らむふく.れる

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