膨らむ (ふくらむ): meaning and examples

Key takeaways

膨らむ (ふくらむ) means to expand / to swell / to become bigger.

See example sentences below.

膨らむ at a glance

膨らむ

ふくらむfukuramu

N2verb

to expand / to swell / to become bigger

膨らむふくらむfukuramuN2Japanese vocabulary

Core meaning

to expand / to swell / to become bigger

Example 1

風船がゆっくり膨らんだ。

Translation

The balloon slowly expanded.

Example 2

借金がどんどん膨らんでいる。

Translation

The debt is rapidly increasing.