Dictionary / Vocabulary / 膨らむ
ふくらむ
to expand; to swell (out); to get big; to become inflated
JLPT N2 common word Also written 脹らむ
彼女のポケットはくるみで膨らんでいた。
Her pockets were bulging with walnuts.
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.
東証の出来高は今年の最高に膨らんだ。
The turnover on the Tokyo stock Exchange swelled to the year's record.