氾濫 – Vocabulary details

氾はん濫らん

Noun

Verb (する, intransitive)

1. overflowing; flood; inundation; deluge

2. oversupply; plethora; abundance (esp. of something undesirable)

widespread

excessive

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んらん

flood plain

flooding caused by overflowing of rivers (e.g. breaching levee banks)

flooding within the confines of a levee (i.e. caused by surface runoff, drainage failure, etc.)

flooding caused by overflowing of rivers (e.g. breaching levee banks)

この川かわは氾はん濫らんしそうだ。

This river looks like it's going to overflow.

台たい風ふうで川かわが氾はん濫らんした。

The typhoon caused the river to flood.

河か川せんは豪ごう雨うで氾はん濫らんしました。

The rivers were flooded by the heavy rain.

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