膨らむ
ふくらむ
to expand; to swell (out); to get big; to become inflated
JLPT N2 Common word
Meanings
Godan verb (-mu), Intransitive
to expand; to swell (out); to get big; to become inflated
Forms
| Plain | Polite | |
|---|---|---|
| Present | 膨らむふくらむ | 膨らみますふくらみます |
| Negative | 膨らまないふくらまない | 膨らみませんふくらみません |
| Past | 膨らんだふくらんだ | 膨らみましたふくらみました |
| Past negative | 膨らまなかったふくらまなかった | 膨らみませんでしたふくらみませんでした |
| Te-form | 膨らんでふくらんで |
|---|---|
| Potential | 膨らめるふくらめる |
| Passive | 膨らまれるふくらまれる |
| Causative | 膨らませるふくらませる |
| Volitional | 膨らもうふくらもう |
| Imperative | 膨らめふくらめ |
| Conditional (ば) | 膨らめばふくらめば |
| Conditional (たら) | 膨らんだらふくらんだら |
Example sentences
ケーキが膨らまなかった。
My cake didn't rise.
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We were filled with joyful expectation.
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If you pump air into a tire, it expands.
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The turnover on the Tokyo stock Exchange swelled to the year's record.
ケーキが膨らまなかったらどうするの?
What if the cake doesn't rise?
More examples (6)
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Her pockets were bulging with walnuts.
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The new students entered the hall full of hope.
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Yeast acts as an agent in making bread rise.
抜本的に事業の再構築を行ったおかげで、当社の黒字は3倍に膨らんだ。
Thank to a fundamental restructuring, our surplus has swelled threefold.
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A gust of wind swelled the sails.
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I see a surge in loan growth.