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膨 kanji
swell, get fat, thick
- JLPT level
- N1 (unofficial)
- First appears in
- N2 vocabulary
- Strokes
- 16
- School grade
- Secondary school
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Kun readings
ふくらむふくれる
Words with 膨
LevelWord & meaningActions
- N2膨大Popularhuge; vast; enormous; colossal; extensive; large; swelling; expansion
- N1膨脹expansion; swelling; increase; growth
- —膨張Popularexpansion; swelling; increase; growth
- —膨満distention; fullness; inflation; flatulence
- —膨隆swelling up
- —海膨rise
- —膨潤swelling (with fluid)
- —膨圧turgor pressure
- —膨化swelling; expansion; puffing; inflation; bulking
- —膨張度dilation (of a sound wave in acoustics)
- —膨張率rate of expansion
- —膨張剤leavening agent (such as sourdough, yeast, baking powder)
- —膨張式inflatable (in the sense of "needs to be inflated for normal use")
- —膨大部ampulla
- —熱膨張thermal expansion
- —線膨張linear expansion
- —可膨張式inflatable (in the sense of "can be inflated")
- —膨張宇宙expanding universe
- —通貨膨張currency expansion; inflation of currency
- —膨張係数coefficient of expansion