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氾濫する · noun or participle which takes 'suru'

Form	Positive	Negative
Dictionary	氾はん濫らんする	氾はん濫らんしない
Polite	氾はん濫らんします	氾はん濫らんしません
Past polite	氾はん濫らんしました	氾はん濫らんしませんでした
Past	氾はん濫らんした	氾はん濫らんしなかった
Te-form	氾はん濫らんして	氾はん濫らんしないで
Desire	氾はん濫らんしたい	氾はん濫らんしたくない
Potential	氾はん濫らんできる	氾はん濫らんできない
Passive	氾はん濫らんされる	氾はん濫らんされない
Causative	氾はん濫らんさせる	氾はん濫らんさせない
Causative passive	氾はん濫らんさせられる	氾はん濫らんさせられない
Volitional	氾はん濫らんしよう
Polite volitional	氾はん濫らんしましょう
Imperative	氾はん濫らんしろ	氾はん濫らんするな
Conditional	氾はん濫らんすれば	氾はん濫らんしなければ
Tara conditional	氾はん濫らんしたら	氾はん濫らんしなかったら

Meanings

noun, noun or participle which takes 'suru', intransitive verb

overflowing; flood; inundation

Literal overflowing of water, such as rivers flooding or water spilling over. Used as both a noun and a suru-verb.

大おお雨あめで川かわが氾はん濫らんした。
The river overflowed due to heavy rain.
この地ち域いきでは毎まい年とし洪こう水ずいの氾はん濫らんに悩なやまされている。
This area suffers from flood inundation every year.

noun, noun or participle which takes 'suru', intransitive verb

oversupply; plethora; flood (of undesirable things)

Figurative use: an excessive amount of something, usually undesirable, such as information, products, or people. Often used with 情報, 商品, or 人が.

インターネット上じょうには誤あやまった情じょう報ほうが氾はん濫らんしている。
False information is flooding the internet.
市し場じょうに安やす物ものの商しょう品ひんが氾はん濫らんした。
Cheap goods flooded the market.

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Usage patterns

〈場ば所しょ〉が氾はん濫らんするfor a river to overflow its banks
大おお雨あめで川かわが氾はん濫らんした。
The river overflowed due to the heavy rain.
〈物もの〉が氾はん濫らんするfor something (e.g. information) to flood in and become overwhelming
インターネット上じょうには偽にせの情じょう報ほうが氾はん濫らんしている。
False information is flooding the internet.
市し場じょうに〈物もの〉が氾はん濫らんするfor the market to be flooded with (a product)
市し場じょうには安あん価かな商しょう品ひんが氾はん濫らんしている。
The market is flooded with cheap products.

Kanji

氾spread out, wide
濫excessive, overflow, spread out
汎pan-

Related words

洪こう水ずいN1sense 1
洪水 names the natural disaster of a river flooding, while 氾濫 describes the act of water (or anything else) overflowing and can also be used figuratively.
あふれるN3
溢れる is a common verb for liquids, emotions, or crowds overflowing, while 氾濫 is a more formal, often disaster- or excess-related noun/suru-verb.
過か剰じょうN2sense 2
過剰 means an excess or surplus of something in a neutral sense, whereas 氾濫 (figurative use) implies things flooding in uncontrollably, often overwhelming or undesirable.
乱らん立りつ
氾濫 means an overflowing flood of things (often abstract, like information) and can be used metaphorically for excess, whereas 乱立 specifically describes structures standing or candidates running in disorganized excess.
大おお水みずN1
氾濫 emphasizes the act of a river overflowing its banks, while 大水 simply names the flood or floodwater that results.

Opposites

不ふ足そくN3sense 2
不足 means a shortage or insufficiency, the opposite of the figurative 氾濫 sense of things being in overwhelming oversupply.

Don't confuse with

反はん乱らんN1
反乱 (also read はんらん) means a rebellion or revolt, a completely different word from 氾濫's meaning of overflowing or oversupply, despite sharing the same pronunciation.

Word family

氾はん濫らん原げん
flood plain
内ない水すい氾はん濫らん
inland flooding; flooding inside a levee
外がい水すい氾はん濫らん
river flooding; flooding from rivers overflowing
河か川せん氾はん濫らん
river flooding; overflow of rivers

Written forms

氾はん濫らんUsage81%
Standard kanji spelling; high frequency in news and general use.
はんらんUsage14%
はん濫らんUsage5%
Mixed kana-kanji spelling sometimes used for readability.
ハンランUsage<1%
汎はん濫らん
rarely-used kanji form
Rarely used kanji form; 氾濫 is overwhelmingly preferred.

Etymology

Composed of 氾 (spread out, overflow) and 濫 (overflow, excessive). The kanji combination directly conveys the idea of water spreading beyond its bounds.