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    3. 膨張

    膨張

    膨ぼう張ちょう

    expansion

    KMT7News #12+1CoreNoun, Participle, Verb, IntransitiveScience & MathKanji Vocab27 strokes

    膨脹

    ぼうちょう

    Noun, Participle, Verb, Intransitive

    1.
    expansion, swelling, increase, growth

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    熱ねつで金きん属ぞくが膨ぼう張ちょうする。

    Metal expands with heat.

    KMT5Science & Math
    水みずが凍こおると体たい積せきが膨ぼう張ちょうする。

    When water freezes, its volume expands.

    KMT6Science & Math
    宇う宙ちゅうは今いまも膨ぼう張ちょうを続つづけている。

    The universe continues to expand even now.

    KMT7Science & Math
    都と市しの人じん口こうが急きゅう速そくに膨ぼう張ちょうしている。

    The city's population is rapidly expanding.

    KMT7Business & FinanceDaily Life
    経けい済ざいの急きゅう激げきな膨ぼう張ちょうは、インフレを引ひき起おこす可か能のう性せいがある。

    Rapid economic expansion can cause inflation.

    KMT8Business & FinanceScience & Math

    Kanji that make up this word

    膨
    ふく.らむ・ふく.れる…(1)
    swell・get fat・thick
    張
    は.る・-は.り・-ば.り…(3)
    counter for bows & stringed instruments・stretch・spread・put up (tent)
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