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    3. 膨らます

    膨らます

    膨ふくら​ま​す​

    to swell

    N2KMT8News #18+1Verb, TransitiveNature & EnvironmentKanji Vocab23 strokes

    ふくらます

    Verb, Transitive

    1.
    to swell, to expand, to inflate, to bulge

    Stroke 0 / 23

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    風ふう船せんを膨ふくらます。

    Inflate a balloon.

    KMT6Daily Life
    彼かれは頬ほおを膨ふくらませて怒おこっていた。

    He was angry, puffing out his cheeks.

    KMT8Emotions & PsychologyDaily Life
    夢ゆめを膨ふくらませることは、人じん生せいを豊ゆたかにする。

    Expanding one's dreams enriches life.

    KMT8Emotions & Psychology
    魚さかなは危き険けんを感かんじると体からだを膨ふくらませて威い嚇かくする。

    When fish sense danger, they inflate their bodies to intimidate.

    KMT8Nature & EnvironmentAnimals
    パン生き地じを膨ふくらませるためにイースト菌きんを使つかう。

    Yeast is used to make bread dough rise (inflate).

    KMT8Food & DiningScience & Math

    Characters that make up this word

    膨
    ふく.らむ・ふく.れる…(1)
    swell・get fat・thick
    Kanji
    ら
    ra
    Kana
    ま
    ma
    Kana
    す
    su
    Kana
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