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膨ふくらむ

Kana ふくらむ Romaji fukuramu

JLPT N2 Common word

Definitions

01godan verb · intransitive

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.

Tatoeba #190440

タイヤに空気を入れれば膨らむ。

If you pump air into a tire, it expands.

Tatoeba #203879

東証の出来高は今年の最高に膨らんだ。

The turnover on the Tokyo stock Exchange swelled to the year's record.

Tatoeba #124159

Other forms

脹らむ (rarely used kanji form)

Source

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