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    3. 拡散

    拡散

    拡かく散さん

    spreading

    N1KMT4News #4+1Noun, Participle, Verb, IntransitiveScience & MathKanji Vocab20 strokes

    かくさん

    Noun, Participle, Verb, Intransitive

    1.
    spreading, disseminating, scattering
    2.
    diffusion (of light, gas)

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    悪わるい噂うわさがすぐに拡かく散さんした。

    Bad rumors spread quickly.

    KMT3Daily Life
    ウイルスが世せか界い中じゅうに拡かく散さんしている。

    The virus is spreading worldwide.

    KMT4Medicine & HealthDaily Life
    匂においは空くう気き中ちゅうで拡にかく散さんする。

    Smells diffuse in the air.

    KMT4Science & MathNature & Environment
    光ひかりの拡かく散さん現げん象しょうを観かん察さつした。

    We observed the phenomenon of light diffusion.

    KMT5Science & Math
    SNSで情エスエヌエス報でじょうほうが瞬しゅん時じに拡かく散さんされる。

    Information spreads instantly on social media.

    KMT5Internet & Social MediaTechnology

    Kanji that make up this word

    拡
    ひろ.がる・ひろ.げる・ひろ.める…(2)
    broaden・extend・expand・enlarge
    散
    ち.る・ち.らす・-ち.らす・ち.らかす・ち.らかる・ち.らばる…(4)
    scatter・disperse・spend・squander
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