まん延

Japanese

Kanji in this term
延
えん Grade: 6
on'yomi

For pronunciation and definitions of まん延 – see the following entry.

【蔓延まんえん】 [noun] spread of a disease [noun] rampancy of the growth of vines [noun] rampancy of a bad custom [verb] (for disease) to spread [verb] (for vines) to grow rampant [verb] (a bad custom) to be rampant Alternative spelling 蔓衍

(This term, まん延, is an alternative spelling of the above term.)