Memory phrase (Mnemonic) for: 膨


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Meaning

swell, expand, get fat, bulge

Pronunciation


fukuramu/reru

Explanation

From left: body /, drums (with a twig on a bean-like drums), hair (here: water )

Mnemonic

The bodies of the ten beans in the water swell and expand.

Radicals

body part, meat(This radical is at the left side of a character and typically drawn as: , which looks equal to: "moon, month " but still has the meaning body-part.)
drum(Radical: tsuzumi)
bean(The radical mame shows a one , below a vessel on a stand.)
hair(The radical sanzukuri shows three hair.)
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Vocabulary

膨らます ふくらます to swell, to expand, to inflate, to bulge
膨らむ ふくらむ to expand, to swell (out), to get big, to become inflated
膨れる ふくれる to get cross, to get sulky, to swell (out), to expand, to be inflated, to distend, to bulge
膨大 ぼうだい huge/bulky/enormous/extensive/swelling/expansion
膨張 ぼうちょう expansion/swelling/increase/growth

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