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    3. 爆発

    爆発

    爆ばく発はつ

    explosion

    N3KMT4News #4+1CoreNoun, Participle, Verb, IntransitiveScience & MathEmotions & PsychologyKanji Vocab28 strokes

    ばくはつ

    Noun, Participle, Verb, Intransitive

    1.
    explosion, detonation, blast, blowing up, eruption
    2.
    outburst (of emotion), explosion (e.g. of anger), eruption (e.g. of discontent)

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    火か山ざんが爆ばく発はつしました。

    The volcano erupted.

    KMT3Nature & EnvironmentScience & Math
    ガス漏もれが原げん因いんで爆ばく発はつが起おきた。

    An explosion occurred due to a gas leak.

    KMT4Science & MathDaily Life
    彼かれの怒いかりはついに爆ばく発はつした。

    His anger finally exploded.

    KMT5Emotions & PsychologyDaily Life
    実じっ験けん中ちゅうに化か学がく物ぶっ質しつが爆ばく発はつする事じ故こがあった。

    There was an accident where chemicals exploded during the experiment.

    KMT5Science & MathEducation
    ストレスが溜たまりすぎて、感かん情じょうが爆ばく発はつしそうだった。

    I had accumulated too much stress, and my emotions were about to explode.

    KMT5Emotions & PsychologyMedicine & Health

    Kanji that make up this word

    爆
    は.ぜる…(1)
    bomb・burst open・pop・split
    発
    た.つ・あば.く・おこ.る・つか.わす・はな.つ…(4)
    departure・discharge・publish・emit・start from…(2)
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