N2717/1725

膨ふくらむ

rarely used kanji formgodan verbgodan verb (archaic)verb (generic)intransitive verb

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ふくらむ

Meanings

to expand, to swell (out), to get big, to become inflated

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Example sentences

風船ふうせんが膨ふくらむ様子ようすを見みて、子こどもたちは喜よろこんだ。

The children were delighted watching the balloon expand.

夢ゆめが膨ふくらんで、将来しょうらいへの期待きたいが止とまらない。

My dreams are swelling up, and my excitement about the future won't stop.

パン生地きじがうまく膨ふくらまなかったのは、イーストが古ふるかったからだ。

The reason the bread dough didn't rise properly was because the yeast was old.

プロジェクトの予算よさんがどんどん膨ふくらんでいき、担当者たんとうしゃは頭あたまを抱かかえた。

The project budget kept inflating more and more, and the person in charge was at a loss.

彼女かのじょの期待きたいが膨ふくらめば膨ふくらむほど、現実げんじつとの落差らくさが大おおきくなる恐おそれがある。

The more her expectations swell, the greater the risk that the gap with reality will widen.

Related words

潜るもぐる

to dive (into or under water); to get under, to get into, to get in, to creep into, to crawl under, to bury oneself, to burrow into, to dig oneself into, to snuggle under; to hide oneself (esp. from the government), to conceal oneself, to go underground

上下じょうげ

top and bottom, high and low, above and below, upper and lower ends, up and down; going up and down, rising and falling, fluctuating; going and coming back; upper and lower classes, ruler and ruled, the government and the people; first and second volumes; top and bottom, two-piece (outfit)

突くつく

to prick, to stab; to poke, to prod, to push, to thrust, to nudge, to hit, to strike; to use (a cane), to prop oneself up with, to press against (the floor, etc.); to attack; to brave (the rain, etc.)