広ひろがり

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Meanings

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spread; expanse; extent

Refers to the physical or abstract extent, range, or spread of something, such as an area, influence, or phenomenon.

砂さ漠ばくの広ひろがりは想そう像ぞう以い上じょうだった。
The expanse of the desert was beyond imagination.
インターネットの広ひろがりによって情じょう報ほうが瞬しゅん時じに伝つたわるようになった。
With the spread of the internet, information now travels instantly.

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Usage patterns

〈事こと〉が広ひろがりを見みせるfor something to show signs of spreading
そのニュースは国こく内ない外がいで広ひろがりを見みせている。
The news is showing signs of spreading both domestically and abroad.
〈物もの〉に広ひろがりがあるfor something to have breadth or depth
この絵えには色しき彩さいの広ひろがりがある。
This painting has a real breadth of color.
〈事こと〉に広ひろがりを持もたせるto give something more scope or range
議ぎ論ろんに広ひろがりを持もたせるため、他ほかの視し点てんも紹しょう介かいした。
To give the discussion more breadth, other viewpoints were also introduced.

Kanji

広wide, broad, spacious
拡broaden, extend, expand

Related words

拡かく大だいN3
拡大 emphasizes an active increase in size or scale, while 広がり describes the resulting extent or breadth of something spreading.
拡かく張ちょうN2
拡張 focuses on deliberately extending the scope or range of something, whereas 広がり is a more neutral, often natural spreading or expanse.
範はん囲いN3
範囲 denotes a defined range or boundary, while 広がり suggests an open-ended, often expanding extent.

Opposites

縮しゅく小しょうN2
縮小 means a shrinking or reduction in size, the opposite of the expanding extent implied by 広がり.

Don't confuse with

広ひろさN2
広さ is a static measurement of area or width, while 広がり describes the dynamic sense of spreading or extending outward.
広ひろまり
広がり means a general extent, expanse, or spread (of space, scope, or scale), while 広まり specifically refers to the diffusion or spread of information, ideas, or trends.

Word family

末すえ広ひろがり
spreading out like an open fan · becoming prosperous; growing more successful · folding fan; ceremonial folding fan
遅ち延えん広ひろがり
delay spread

Written forms

広ひろがりUsage85%
Standard kanji spelling; high-frequency news and common usage.
拡ひろがりUsage8%
Alternate kanji spelling; less common but seen in some contexts.
ひろがりUsage8%

Etymology

Noun form of the verb 広がる (to spread out), from 広 (hiro, 'wide') + がる (suffix indicating a state or tendency).