Habikoru

Usually written in kana.

Other forms:

蔓延る (Habikoru) is a Japanese godan verb meaning “to become overgrown, to grow thick, to spread, to run rampant”.

Meanings

  1. godan verb, intransitive verbto become overgrown; to grow thick
  2. godan verb, intransitive verbto spread; to run rampant; to thrive; to prevail; to become powerful

Examples

  • There is much crime in the big cities.

  • Let's remove harmful books from circulation. Starting first with the bibles that have spread all over the world.

Sentences from Tatoeba (CC BY 2.0 FR).

Kanji in 蔓延る

vineprolong

Related words

to crawlto grow long (e.g. hair, nails)to stretchextensionpostponementspread (e.g. of a disease)endlesslyto stretch largerkeeping alive longerdelayarrearsto hold out