Hayaru

JLPT N2

流行る (Hayaru) is a Japanese godan verb meaning “to be popular, to come into fashion, to be prevalent, to spread widely (e.g. disease)”.

Meanings

  1. godan verb, intransitive verbto be popular; to come into fashion
  2. godan verb, intransitive verbto be prevalent; to spread widely (e.g. disease); to be endemic
  3. godan verb, intransitive verbto flourish; to thrive

Examples

  • A lot of colds are going around.

  • What is popular now?

  • The plague occurred that year.

Sentences from Tatoeba (CC BY 2.0 FR).

Kanji in 流行る

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