broadcasting seeds; broadcast seeding
Agricultural term for scattering seeds by hand or machine over a wide area.
In this region, broadcast seeding of rice is practiced.
distributing widely; handing out freely; spending recklessly
Often used for scattering things like money, flyers, or favors broadly and sometimes indiscriminately. Can imply wasteful or vote-buying contexts.
The pre-election spending spree policy was criticized.
He was handing out flyers on the street corner.
The verb form; ばらまき is the noun form (the act of scattering/distributing).
Usually written in kana; this word is usually written in kana.
Katakana spelling is common in news and political contexts for the 'distributing widely' sense.
Mixed kanji-kana spelling; the kanji 撒 is not a jōyō kanji, so kana is preferred.
Rare kanji form; it is rarely used.
From the verb ばらまく (to scatter, to distribute widely), itself a compound of ばら (scattered, loose) and まく (to scatter, to sow).