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What does 膨らます (ふくらます, fukuramasu) mean?

膨らます (ふくらます, fukuramasu) means to inflate, to puff up; to expand.

Quick facts
Readingふくらます
Romajifukuramasu
Part of speechgodan verb, transitive
Level (estimated, JLPT framework)N2
ふくらます
N2 · estimated, JLPT frameworkCommonfukuramasu

to inflate, to puff up; to expand

  1. 1godan verb · transitive to swell; to expand; to inflate

Example sentences

  • The child is blowing up a balloon.

  • I'm building up a big dream for the future.

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Entries, readings and English glosses: JMdict — Electronic Dictionary Research and Development Group (EDRDG), licensed CC BY-SA 4.0. Example sentences and their translations written by GoMe.

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