膨らます (ふくらます): meaning and examples

Key takeaways

膨らます (ふくらます) means to inflate / to swell / to expand.

See example sentences below.

膨らます at a glance

膨らます

ふくらますfukuramasu

N2verb

to inflate / to swell / to expand

膨らますふくらますfukuramasuN2Japanese vocabulary

Core meaning

to inflate / to swell / to expand

Example 1

風船を膨らます。

Translation

I inflate the balloon.

Example 2

おなかが膨らんできた。

Translation

My stomach is starting to swell.