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蔓延

蔓延

Chinese

creeper; to spread; Brassica campestris to prolong; to extend; to delay
simp. and trad.
(蔓延)

Verb

蔓延

  1. to spread; to extend (of diseases, vegetation, etc.)

Japanese

Kanji in this term
まん
Jinmeiyō
えん
Grade: 6
on'yomi

Pronunciation

Noun

蔓延 (hiragana まんえん, romaji man'en)

  1. spread of a disease
  2. rampancy of the growth of vines
  3. growing rampancy of a bad custom

Verb

蔓延する (intransitive, hiragana まんえんする, romaji man'en suru)

  1. for disease to spread
  2. for vines to grow rampant
  3. a bad custom to grow rampant

Conjugation