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膨らます is an exact match with one form of the following word:
膨らます
BOOST
Reading : ふくらます   
'su' godan verb, transitive verb
to swell; to expand; to inflate; to bulge
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Kanshudo usefulness level: 6 (among the 15,000 most useful words in Japanese)
• Kanshudo usefulness level is based on a usefulness score of 71,036 which gives a rank of 11,565
膨らます is the most useful form. 1 additional form is shown below.
• This form is used about 90% of the time
• Google Japan frequency rank: 113,000 (about 1,290,000 results)
• This form appears in Wikipedia's list of JLPT N2 vocabulary (see JLPT collections)
• This form appears in the 24,000 words in the Mainichi Shimbun frequency analysis by Alexandre Girardi
• This form is in band 18 in the EDICT word frequency file (bands go from 1-48, where 1 is most common - each contains about 500 words)
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Example sentences:
イースト
きん
パン
きじ
生地
ふく
らます

Yeast makes dough rise.
カエルどんどん
はら
ふくらませとうとう
はれつ
破裂
してしまった

The frog inflated himself more and more, until finally he burst.
ふくらます
BOOST
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Usefulness and usage:
• This form is used about 10% of the time
• Google Japan frequency rank: 221,000 (about 122,000 results)
• This form appears in the 24,000 words in the Mainichi Shimbun frequency analysis by Alexandre Girardi
• This form is in band 18 in the EDICT word frequency file (bands go from 1-48, where 1 is most common - each contains about 500 words)
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ボウ   ふくらむ to swell, bulge, expand   ふくれる to swell; to sulk   
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fur, bristles, beard   
ニク body part   
ten beans
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ジュウ   ジッ   と    とお ten   
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イチ   イツ   ひと    ひと- one   
stick   
トウ   ズ   まめ bean   
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コウ   ク   くち mouth   
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grass   
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