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氾濫 (はんらん): overflowing, flood — Japanese vocabulary

氾濫 is read はんらん and means "overflowing, flood". JLPT N1 word with pitch accent and an example sentence.

氾濫

Reading
はんらん · hanran
Translation
overflowing, flood
Level
JLPT N1
Pitch accent
はんらんが

Example

突然、川が増水して氾濫した。

とつぜん、かわがぞうすいしてはんらんした。

All of a sudden, the river rose and broke its banks.

Kanji in this word

  • 氾 — Spread Out, Wide
  • 濫 — overflow, excess

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