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膨らむ (ふくらむ): to expand, to swell (out), to become inflated — Japanese vocabulary

膨らむ is read ふくらむ and means "to expand, to swell (out), to become inflated". JLPT N2 word with pitch accent and an example sentence.

膨らむ

Reading
ふくらむ · fukuramu
Translation
to expand, to swell (out), to become inflated
Level
JLPT N2
Pitch accent
ふくらむが

Example

一陣の風をうけて帆がふくらんだ。

いちじんのかぜをうけてほがふくらんだ。

A gust of wind swelled the sails.

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