膨れる (ふくれる): meaning and examples

Key takeaways

膨れる (ふくれる) means to get sulky / to swell / to bulge.

See example sentences below.

膨れる at a glance

膨れる

ふくれるfukureru

N1verb

to get sulky / to swell / to bulge

膨れるふくれるfukureruN1Japanese vocabulary

Core meaning

to get sulky / to swell / to bulge

Example 1

お腹がふくれて苦しい。

Translation

My stomach is swollen and it hurts.

Example 2

彼は怒ってふくれた顔をした。

Translation

He got angry and made a sulky face.