膨れる

ふくれる · fukureru · JLPT N1 · verb-ichidan

to swell

🎈 Sounds like fukuro (bag): a bag stuffed too full swells out and becomes fukureru

膨 combines 月 (the flesh radical, as in body parts) with 彭 (the phonetic element). Flesh or a container that puffs outward, like cheeks or a belly, is fukureru.

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