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膨張 (ぼうちょう): expansion, swelling, increase — Japanese vocabulary

膨張 is read ぼうちょう and means "expansion, swelling, increase". JLPT N1 word with pitch accent and an example sentence.

膨張

Reading
ぼうちょう · bouchou
Translation
expansion, swelling, increase
Level
JLPT N1
Pitch accent
ぼうちょうが

Example

熱はたいていの物を膨張させる。

ねつはたいていのものをぼうちょうさせる。

Heat expands most things.

Kanji in this word

  • 膨 — swell
  • 張 — stretch, spread

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