Word · 単語
蔓延る
Reading はびこる
to become overgrown
- 1 to become overgrown, to grow thick
- 2 to spread, to run rampant, to thrive, to prevail, to become powerful
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例文 · examples
大都会には罪悪がはびこっている。
There is much crime in the big cities.
sense 2 · to spread
悪書を追放しよう。まずは世界中にはびこってる聖書からだな。
Let's remove harmful books from circulation. Starting first with the bibles that have spread all over the world.