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Grade 2JLPT N4

wide, broad, spacious

5 strokes · frequency rank #263

On
コウ
Kun
ひろ.い、ひろ.まる、ひろ.める、ひろ.がる、ひろ.げる

Common words

  1. こうこくadvertisement; advertising1
    • The goods were advertised on TV.

    • He ran an ad in the paper.

    • He works for an advertising agency.

  2. こうほうpublic relations; PR; publicity; public information2
  3. ひろいspacious; vast; wide3
    • Mr Johnson's was a large room.

    • God, this place is huge!

    • He knows a lot of people.

  4. ひろばpublic square; square; plaza; piazza4
    • How about we play baseball in the open space?

    • Thousands of people were milling around in the square.

    • The square buzzed with excitement.

  5. ひろがりspread; span; expanse; extent5
    • He is the first national politician to be named in a widening corruption scandal.

    • Another tendency of many Japanese speakers that bothers foreigners is to make statements that are too general and too broad by using or implying words like "all" and "every".

  6. ひろげるto spread; to extend; to expand; to enlarge6
    • I unfolded the map on the desk.

    • The bird spread its wings.

    • The bird spread its wings.

  7. ひろさarea; extent; dimensions; size7
    • What is the area of this house?

    • This room is just about big enough.

    • China is about twenty-five times as large as Japan.

  8. はばひろいextensive; wide; broad8
    • He is a man of wide experience.

    • His travels were wide and frequent.

    • The Incas had a wide range of interests.

  9. こうだいvast; extensive; immense; huge9
    • The Sahara is a vast desert.

    • The Pacific is very wide.

    • He is possessed of a wide landed property.

  10. こうはんwide; extensive; comprehensive; far-reaching10
    • The company manufactures a wide variety of musical instruments.

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