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蔓延る[はびこる] (habikoru)

grow thick

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Meaning

蔓延る (はびこる, habikoru) is a bonus vocabulary word meaning “grow thick”.

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Example sentences 5

最近さいきんいじめが社会しゃかいにはびこっている

Recently, bullying is rampant in society.

大だい都会とかいには罪悪ざいあくがはびこっている。

There is a lot of crime in big cities.

悪書あくしょを追放ついほうしよう。まずは世界中せかいじゅうにはびこってる聖書せいしょからだな。

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

義政のそばに蔓延る奸臣の一人として烏丸資任、有馬持家とともに三魔(おいま、からすま、ありま)と呼ばれた。

As one of the treacherous retainers who clustered around Yoshimasa, he was called one of the Three Ma (Oi-ma, Karasu-ma, Ari-ma), together with Suketo Karasuma and Mochiie Arima.

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