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JLPT N1suru verbLevel estimated by Bebop

まん延えん

man'en

to spread widely

Example sentences

  1. 今いまは外出がいしゅつを控ひかえ、まん延えん防止ぼうしに努つとめましょう。

    Right now, let’s refrain from going out and try to prevent the spread of disease.

    Tatoeba · CC BY 2.0 FR · Source

  2. ジカウイルスは中南米ちゅうなんべいで急速きゅうそくに蔓延まんえんした。

    The Zika virus spread rapidly across central and south America.

    Tatoeba · CC BY 2.0 FR · Source

  3. 江戸時代以降江戸えどじだいいこうえどの街まちでは米こめを真まっ白しろに精白せいはくして食たべるようになったため、脚気かっけが蔓延まんえんした。

    During the Edo period and later, people in Edo city ate polished white rice, causing many people to suffer from beriberi.

    KFTT corpus (NICT), Wikipedia · CC BY-SA 3.0 · Source

Kanji in 延

  • 延prolong; stretchingOnエンKunのびる・のべる・のべ

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