JLPT N3 · Verb

広がる (hirogaru)

広がる (ひろがる, hirogaru) is a Japanese verb meaning “to spread (out); to extend”. It appears in JLPT N3 vocabulary lists and is marked as a common word in JMdict.

Reading
ひろがる
Romaji
hirogaru
Word class
Godan verb (う-verb) ending in る
Level
JLPT N3 (unofficial)

Meaning

  1. to spread (out); to extend; to stretch; to reach to; to get around · godan verb, intransitive

Example sentences

うわさは四方八方に広がった。
The rumor spread far and wide.

Sentences from the Tatoeba project, linked to this word in JMdict.

Conjugation of 広がる

Godan verb (う-verb) ending in る. Plain and polite forms below; try any other word in the Japanese verb conjugator.

FormJapaneseReading
Dictionary広がるひろがる hirogaru
Polite (~masu)広がりますひろがります hirogarimasu
Negative広がらないひろがらない hirogaranai
Polite negative広がりませんひろがりません hirogarimasen
Past広がったひろがった hirogatta
Polite past広がりましたひろがりました hirogarimashita
Negative past広がらなかったひろがらなかった hirogaranakatta
Te-form広がってひろがって hirogatte
Potential広がれるひろがれる hirogareru
Passive広がられるひろがられる hirogarareru
Causative広がらせるひろがらせる hirogaraseru
Volitional広がろうひろがろう hirogarou
Imperative広がれひろがれ hirogare
Conditional (~ba)広がればひろがれば hirogareba

Kanji in 広がる

Related words

Other vocabulary sharing a kanji with 広がる.

Source: JMdict entry 1602360 (EDRDG, CC BY-SA 4.0). Level: unofficial JLPT list – how levels are assigned.