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膨らむ

脹らむ

Reading

Kana: ふくらむ
Romaji: fukuramu
Kana
Romaji

Definition

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

Kanji

Readings: ボウ、 ふく.らむ、 ふく.れる
Meanings: swell, get fat, thick
Readings: チョウ、 は.れる、 ふく.らむ、 ふく.れる
Meanings: dilate, distend, bulge, fill out, swell

Example Sentences

期待(きたい)(むね)(ふく)らませていた。
➥We were filled with joyful expectation.
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(いち)(じん)(かぜ)をうけて()がふくらんだ。
➥A blast of wind swelled the sails.
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彼女(かのじょ)のポケットはくるみで(ふく)らんでいた。
➥Her pockets were bulging with walnuts.
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タイヤに空気(くうき)()れれば(ふく)らむ。
➥If you pump air into a tire it expands.
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東証(とうしょう)出来高(できだか)今年(ことし)最高(さいこう)(ふく)らんだ。
➥The turnover on the Tokyo stock Exchange swelled to the year's record.
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イースト(きん)はパンを(ふく)らませる(さい)作用剤(さようざい)だ。
➥Yeast acts as an agent in making bread rise.
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