膨らむ【ふくらむ】
Frequency rank: 4,188. – 4,191.
- to expand; to swell (out); to get big; to become inflated
Godan verb with 'mu' ending; intransitive verb
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- to expand; to swell (out); to get big; to become inflated
- to expand; to swell (out); to get big; to become inflated
This verb is used to describe something becoming larger in size, growing in volume, or swelling in shape.
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Example sentences
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They embarked on the new project full of hope.
Thank to a fundamental restructuring, our surplus has swelled threefold.
The turnover on the Tokyo stock Exchange swelled to the year's record.
The new students entered the hall full of hope.
The frog inflated himself more and more, until finally he burst.