Illustration: At a low apartment table, a tipped teacup releases tea into a broad puddle that spreads outward across the tabletop. Its advancing edge branches around a plate and reaches toward a carefully arranged row of rice crackers.

JLPT N3verbLevel estimated by Bebop

広ひろがる

hirogaru

to spread, to extend

Example sentences

  1. その噂うわさは町中まちなかに広ひろがった。

    The rumor spread all over the town.

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  2. 火ひは家中いえじゅうに広ひろがった。

    The fire spread throughout the house.

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  3. 星ほしが空そらいっぱいに広ひろがっている。

    The stars are spread all over the night sky.

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Kanji in 広

  • 広wide; broadOnコウKunひろい・ひろまる・ひろめる

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