Kakusan

JLPT N1

拡散 (Kakusan) is a Japanese noun meaning “spreading, disseminating, scattering, diffusion (of light, gas)”.

Meanings

  1. noun, suru verb, intransitive verbspreading; disseminating; scattering
  2. noun, suru verb, intransitive verbdiffusion (of light, gas)

Examples

  • The speed of the spread of AIDS is horrifyingly fast.

  • Scientists are fighting to stem the spread of the AIDS virus.

Sentences from Tatoeba (CC BY 2.0 FR).

Kanji in 拡散

broadenscatter

Related words

to fall (e.g. blossoms, leaves)thoroughlyto spread (out)walkbreaking up (a meeting, gathering, etc.)to spreadexpansiondispersionto be in disorderemissionexpansionto scatter around