氾濫
はんらん
Also written はん濫, 汎濫
Meanings
- Noun, する verb, Intransitive overflowing; flood; inundation; deluge
- oversupply; plethora; abundance (esp. of something undesirable)
Kanji
Example sentences
- 街には奇妙な外国語が氾濫していた。
The town was flooded with strange foreign words. - 河川は豪雨で氾濫しました。
The rivers were flooded by the heavy rain. - この川は氾濫しそうだ。
This river is going to overflow. - この川は雪解けの後氾濫することがある。
This river sometimes overflows after the thaw. - 川が氾濫して広い地域が水浸しになった。
The river flooded a large area.
Common phrases
Words containing 氾濫
- 氾濫原 (はんらんげん) flood plain
- 内水氾濫 (ないすいはんらん) flooding within the confines of a levee (i.e. caused by surface runoff, drainage failure, etc.)
- 河川氾濫 (かせんはんらん) flooding caused by overflowing of rivers (e.g. breaching levee banks)
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