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(intransitive) To increase or expand rapidly. / (intransitive) To go up or voyage in a balloon. / (transitive) To take up in, or as if in, a balloon. / (transitive) To inflate like a balloon.

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Source Word

balloon

IPA(Pronunciation)

/bəˈluːn/

Verb

intransitive transitive

(intransitive) To increase or expand rapidly. / (intransitive) To go up or voyage in a balloon. / (transitive) To take up in, or as if in, a balloon. / (transitive) To inflate like a balloon.

Japanese Meaning

急速に増大・拡大する / 気球に乗って上昇する、または気球で移動する / （対象を）風船のように膨らませる

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If demand rises unexpectedly, the waiting list could balloon.

Google Translation / DeepL Translation

需要が予想外に高まると、待機リストが膨らむ可能性があります。

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Sense（1）

(intransitive) To increase or expand rapidly.

His stomach ballooned from eating such a large meal.

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Sense（2）

(intransitive) To go up or voyage in a balloon.

Sense（3）

(transitive) To take up in, or as if in, a balloon.

Sense（4）

(transitive) To inflate like a balloon.

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Sense（5）

(transitive, sports) To strike (a ball) so that it flies high in the air.

After four minutes, leading goalscorer Haworth slid in but ballooned the ball over from six yards, and Hume then outran the defence to get to the by-line, but he could only hit his cross straight out.

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