I Love Kanji膨らむ (fukuramu)
膨らむ (ふくらむ, fukuramu) is a Japanese verb meaning “to expand; to swell (out)”. It appears in JLPT N2 vocabulary lists and is marked as a common word in JMdict.
- Reading
- ふくらむ
- Romaji
- fukuramu
- Word class
- Godan verb (う-verb) ending in む
- Level
- JLPT N2 (unofficial)
Meaning
- to expand; to swell (out); to get big; to become inflated · godan verb, intransitive
Example sentences
Sentences from the Tatoeba project, linked to this word in JMdict.
Conjugation of 膨らむ
Godan verb (う-verb) ending in む. Plain and polite forms below; try any other word in the Japanese verb conjugator.
| Form | Japanese | Reading |
|---|---|---|
| Dictionary | 膨らむ | ふくらむ fukuramu |
| Polite (~masu) | 膨らみます | ふくらみます fukuramimasu |
| Negative | 膨らまない | ふくらまない fukuramanai |
| Polite negative | 膨らみません | ふくらみません fukuramimasen |
| Past | 膨らんだ | ふくらんだ fukuranda |
| Polite past | 膨らみました | ふくらみました fukuramimashita |
| Negative past | 膨らまなかった | ふくらまなかった fukuramanakatta |
| Te-form | 膨らんで | ふくらんで fukurande |
| Potential | 膨らめる | ふくらめる fukurameru |
| Passive | 膨らまれる | ふくらまれる fukuramareru |
| Causative | 膨らませる | ふくらませる fukuramaseru |
| Volitional | 膨らもう | ふくらもう fukuramou |
| Imperative | 膨らめ | ふくらめ fukurame |
| Conditional (~ba) | 膨らめば | ふくらめば fukurameba |
Kanji in 膨らむ
Related words
Other vocabulary sharing a kanji with 膨らむ.
Source: JMdict entry 1519990 (EDRDG, CC BY-SA 4.0). Level: unofficial JLPT list – how levels are assigned.