広める

Japanese

Kanji in this term
ひろ
Grade: 2
kun’yomi
Alternative spellings 弘める
拡める

Pronunciation

Verb

広める (ichidan conjugation, hiragana ひろめる, rōmaji hiromeru)

  1. to broaden; to widen
    • Tatoeba
      旅行 (りょこう) (ひと)視野 (しや) (ひろ)める
      Ryokō wa hito no shiya o hiromeru.
      Travel broadens people's horizons.
  2. to spread; to disseminate
    • Tatoeba
       (かれ)らは(キリストの)福音 (ふくいん)全世界 (ぜんせかい) (ひろ)めた
      karera wa (Kirisuto no) fukuin o zensekai ni hirometa.
      They spread the Gospel all over the world.

Usage notes

Common objects the verb takes: 教え (oshie, (religious) teaching), 見聞 (kenbun, experience, knowledge), (na, name, fame), 信仰 (shinkō, (religious) faith, belief), (uwasa, rumor), (, dharma), 知識 (chishiki, knowledge), 仏法 (buppō, Buddhist teachings).[2]

Conjugation

References

  1. 2006, 大辞林 (Daijirin), Third Edition (in Japanese), Tōkyō: Sanseidō, →ISBN
  2. NINJAL-LWP for BCCWJ
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