Illustration: On the shaded veranda of a Japanese seaside rental house, a child pushes down hard on a small hand pump connected by a hose to a beach ball. The ball has become rounded and firm across its upper half, while folds remain around its lower edge as it fills.

JLPT N2verbLevel estimated by Bebop

膨ふくらます

fukuramasu

to inflate, to make swell

膨らませる is a separate, more common verb. Note written by AI.

Example sentences

イースト菌きんがパン生地きじを膨ふくらます。
Yeast makes dough rise.
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弟おとうとは風船ふうせんを大おおきく膨ふくらました。
My younger brother blew up the balloon until it was big.
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妹いもうとは頬ほおを膨ふくらまして怒おこっていた。
My younger sister puffed out her cheeks in anger.
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Kanji in 膨

膨swell; get fatOnボウKunふくらむ・ふくれる

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