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拡張 (かくちょう, kakuchou) Japanese meaning: expansion | Kotomora
Common word› JLPT N2 › Freq. Frequency Top 5,000 Conjugation 拡張する · noun or participle which takes 'suru'
Form Positive Negative Dictionary 拡かく 張ちょう する 拡かく 張ちょう しない Polite 拡かく 張ちょう します 拡かく 張ちょう しません Past polite 拡かく 張ちょう しました 拡かく 張ちょう しませんでした Past 拡かく 張ちょう した 拡かく 張ちょう しなかった Te-form 拡かく 張ちょう して 拡かく 張ちょう しないで Desire 拡かく 張ちょう したい 拡かく 張ちょう したくない Potential 拡かく 張ちょう できる 拡かく 張ちょう できない Passive 拡かく 張ちょう される 拡かく 張ちょう されない Causative 拡かく 張ちょう させる 拡かく 張ちょう させない Causative passive 拡かく 張ちょう させられる 拡かく 張ちょう させられない Volitional 拡かく 張ちょう しよう Polite volitional 拡かく 張ちょう しましょう Imperative 拡かく 張ちょう しろ 拡かく 張ちょう するな Conditional 拡かく 張ちょう すれば 拡かく 張ちょう しなければ Tara conditional 拡かく 張ちょう したら 拡かく 張ちょう しなかったら
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The company expanded its business overseas.
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Usage patterns 〈 物もの 〉 を 拡かく 張ちょう する to expand something (business, territory, scope, etc.)
The company expanded its business overseas.
〈 物もの 〉 の 機き 能のう を 拡かく 張ちょう する to extend the functionality of something (software, system, etc.)
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Kanji 張 counter for bows & stringed instruments, stretch, spread Related words· 6 拡大 emphasizes making something physically or visually bigger or increasing scale, while 拡張 emphasizes extending range, capacity, or functionality.
エスケープ is the transparent modern katakana term for computing escape, while 拡張's ESC sense is a more technical, less common usage.
延長 means extending something in length or duration, whereas 拡張 is broader and can cover expanding scope, systems, or functions.
拡張 refers to expanding scope, capacity, or functionality (e.g. software, business), while 増設 specifically means physically adding more units or facilities.
Show 2 more 拡張 is used for deliberately extending something like territory or a network, whereas 膨張 often implies a natural or unwanted swelling.
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.
Opposites 縮小 means to shrink or reduce something, the direct opposite of 拡張's sense of expanding or enlarging.
拡張 (as in 拡張財政) means expansionary spending, the opposite of the budget-cutting policy meant by 緊縮 (緊縮財政).
Don't confuse with 拡張 refers to extending the scope, range, or size of something (like memory or territory), while 拡充 specifically implies enriching quality along with expansion, often for services or systems.
拡張 means 'expansion' (e.g. of territory or a system) and shares the kanji 張 with 誇張, but 誇張 means 'exaggeration' of speech or description, not physical enlargement.
Etymology Sino-Japanese compound: 拡 is associated with expanding or broadening, and 張 with stretching or spreading. The spelling transparently matches the general meaning of expansion.
