氾濫 (Hanran) is a Japanese noun meaning “overflowing, flood, inundation, deluge”.
Meanings
- noun, suru verb, intransitive verboverflowing; flood; inundation; deluge
- noun, suru verb, intransitive verboversupply; plethora; abundance (esp. of something undesirable)
Examples
台風で川が氾濫した。
The typhoon caused the river to flood.
この川は氾濫しそうだ。
This river is going to overflow.
町には情報が氾濫している。
In the city, the information is flooding.
Sentences from Tatoeba (CC BY 2.0 FR).