inflation

IPA(Pronunciation)

/ɪnˈfleɪʃən/

Noun

countable uncountable

An act, instance of, or state of expansion or increase in size, especially by injection of a gas. / (economics) An increase in the quantity of money, leading to a devaluation of existing money.

Japanese Meaning

（物理）膨張、拡大：特にガスの注入などによって体積が増大することを指す。 / （経済）インフレーション：貨幣の供給量が増加し、それに伴って既存の貨幣の価値が下落する現象を指す。

What is this buttons?

The inflation of the raft took longer than expected because the pump was slow.

Google Translation / DeepL Translation

ポンプが遅かったため、いかだの空気注入による膨張には予想より時間がかかった。

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Sense（1）

An act, instance of, or state of expansion or increase in size, especially by injection of a gas.

The inflation of the balloon took five hours.

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Sense（2）

(economics) An increase in the quantity of money, leading to a devaluation of existing money.

Sense（3）

(economics) An increase in the general level of prices or in the cost of living.

Due to inflation, the monthly gym fee is rising by 10% from January.

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Sense（4）

(economics) A decline in the value of money.

Sense（5）

Undue expansion or increase, as of academic grades.

Sense（6）

(cosmology) An extremely rapid expansion of the universe, theorized to have occurred very shortly after the Big Bang.

inflations

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