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広まる · godan verb (-ru)

Form	Positive	Negative
Dictionary	広ひろまる	広ひろまらない
Polite	広ひろまります	広ひろまりません
Past polite	広ひろまりました	広ひろまりませんでした
Past	広ひろまった	広ひろまらなかった
Te-form	広ひろまって	広ひろまらないで
Desire	広ひろまりたい	広ひろまりたくない
Potential	広ひろまれる	広ひろまれない
Passive	広ひろまられる	広ひろまられない
Causative	広ひろまらせる	広ひろまらせない
Causative passive	広ひろまらせられるalso 広ひろまらされる	広ひろまらせられないalso 広ひろまらされない
Volitional	広ひろまろう
Polite volitional	広ひろまりましょう
Imperative	広ひろまれ	広ひろまるな
Conditional	広ひろまれば	広ひろまらなければ
Tara conditional	広ひろまったら	広ひろまらなかったら

Pairs with広める

Meanings

godan verb (-ru), intransitive verb

spread; be propagated; become widespread

Intransitive verb describing something (news, ideas, customs, diseases, etc.) spreading or becoming widely known or adopted on its own.

その噂うわさはすぐに学がっ校こう中じゅうに広ひろまった。
The rumor quickly spread throughout the school.
インターネットの普ふ及きゅうで情じょう報ほうが早はやく広ひろまるようになった。
With the spread of the internet, information now spreads quickly.

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Usage patterns

〈事こと〉が広ひろまるfor a rumor, idea, or piece of news to spread
学がっ校こう中じゅうに変へんな噂うわさが広ひろまった。
A strange rumor spread throughout the school.
〈場ば所しょ〉に広ひろまるto spread to a place or region
そのニュースはすぐに全ぜん国こくに広ひろまった。
The news quickly spread throughout the country.
急きゅう速そくに広ひろまるto spread rapidly
新あたらしい情じょう報ほうはインターネットで急きゅう速そくに広ひろまった。
The new information spread rapidly through the internet.
病びょう気きが広ひろまるfor a disease to spread
インフルエンザが町まち中じゅうに広ひろまっている。
The flu is spreading throughout the town.

Kanji

広wide, broad, spacious
弘vast, broad, wide

Transitive / intransitive

広ひろめるN2
広める is the transitive counterpart meaning 'to spread something deliberately,' while 広まる is intransitive and describes something spreading on its own.

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広ひろがるN3
広まる focuses on information, ideas, or customs becoming widely known, while 広がる emphasizes physical expansion or widening in space.
普ふ及きゅうN2
普及する is a more formal term for something (like technology or a practice) becoming widely adopted, while 広まる is the everyday word for spreading in general.
流行はやるN3
流行る means something becomes popular or trendy, while 広まる simply describes something spreading without implying popularity.
伝つたわるN3
伝わる emphasizes information being transmitted from one person or place to another, while 広まる emphasizes the wide extent of spreading.

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出で回まわるN1
広まる focuses on ideas, customs, or news becoming widespread, whereas 出回る stresses the physical presence of goods, counterfeits, or rumors circulating around.
行いき渡わたるN1
広まる is a general word for rumors, ideas, or customs spreading, while 行き渡る emphasizes thorough distribution reaching every person or corner.
流る布ふ
広まる is the common, general intransitive verb for something spreading (news, customs, ideas), while 流布 is a more formal word that stresses wide circulation and can also be used transitively.
流ながれるN4
広まる emphasizes a rumor or trend becoming widely known, while 流れる emphasizes the act of moving or sweeping through an area.
通つうじるN3
広まる is the everyday word for something spreading or becoming widely known, while 通じる in this sense sounds more literary.

Opposites

廃すたれるN1
廃れる means something falls out of use or becomes obsolete, the opposite of 広まる, which means something spreads and becomes widespread.

Word family

広ひろまり
spread; diffusion; propagation

Written forms

広ひろまるUsage85%
Standard kanji spelling; high frequency and priority.
ひろまるUsage13%
弘ひろまるUsage1%
Rare variant kanji; not commonly used in modern writing.

Etymology

Derived from the adjective 広い (ひろい, 'wide, broad') with the intransitive verb-forming suffix まる, indicating a natural change toward a wider or more widespread state.