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広がる (ひろがる, hirogaru) Japanese meaning: spread | Kotomora
Common word› JLPT N3 › Freq. Frequency Top 5,000 Conjugation 広がる · godan verb (-ru)
Form Positive Negative Dictionary 広ひろ がる 広ひろ がらない Polite 広ひろ がります 広ひろ がりません Past polite 広ひろ がりました 広ひろ がりませんでした Past 広ひろ がった 広ひろ がらなかった Te-form 広ひろ がって 広ひろ がらないで Desire 広ひろ がりたい 広ひろ がりたくない Potential 広ひろ がれる 広ひろ がれない Passive 広ひろ がられる 広ひろ がられない Causative 広ひろ がらせる 広ひろ がらせない Causative passive 広ひろ がらせられる also 広ひろ がらされる 広ひろ がらせられない also 広ひろ がらされない Volitional 広ひろ がろう Polite volitional 広ひろ がりましょう Imperative 広ひろ がれ 広ひろ がるな Conditional 広ひろ がれば 広ひろ がらなければ Tara conditional 広ひろ がったら 広ひろ がらなかったら
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The rumor spread throughout the town.
A beautiful landscape stretches out before my eyes.
Smoke from the fire spread across the whole sky.
Usage patterns 〈 場ば 所しょ 〉 に 〈 物もの 〉 が 広ひろ がる something spreads over a place
The fire spread across the entire town.
うわさが 広ひろ がる a rumor spreads
The rumor spread throughout the school.
視し 野や が 広ひろ がる one's perspective broadens
Studying abroad broadened my horizons.
病びょう 気き が 広ひろ がる a disease spreads
A new disease is spreading around the world.
Transitive / intransitive Related words· 9 広まる is used mainly for abstract things like rumors, customs, or beliefs becoming widespread, while 広がる covers both physical and abstract spreading.
拡大する is a formal word for deliberate enlargement (e.g. in business or photography), while 広がる sounds more natural for something spreading on its own.
拡散する has a scientific or technical nuance of diffusing or scattering, while 広がる is the everyday word for spreading.
普及する specifically means a technology or practice becomes widely adopted, whereas 広がる is a more general word for spreading of any kind.
Show 5 more 広げる is transitive (someone spreads something), while 広がる is intransitive (something spreads by itself).
広がる describes something spreading outward or becoming wider, while 伸びる focuses on growth in length, scale, or performance.
広がる describes something expanding or spreading out physically or in scope, whereas 伝わる emphasizes transmission from source to receiver.
Opposites 狭まる means to narrow or become smaller, the opposite of 広がる spreading or widening.
縮小する means to shrink or reduce in scale, the opposite of 広がる expanding or spreading out.
広がる means to widen or spread out, the opposite of 縮まる's sense of a gap or distance narrowing.
Word family spread; expanse; extent
spreading out like an open fan · becoming prosperous; growing more successful · folding fan; ceremonial folding fan
stretch out; spread out; extend
spread (of flames); engulf
Written forms 広ひろ がる Usage 84%
Standard kanji spelling; high priority.
ひろがる Usage 11%
拡ひろ がる Usage 5%
Alternate kanji form, less common but sometimes used for physical spreading or expansion.
Etymology Derived from the adjective 広い (ひろい, 'wide') with the intransitive suffix がる, indicating a state of becoming wide or spreading.
広がる means to spread out or extend, often continuously, while 散らばる emphasizes discrete things being dispersed in a disorderly way.
広がる is a neutral verb for spreading or expanding of any kind, whereas はびこる always carries a negative sense of something unwanted taking over.
