ばらまく

baramaku

to disseminate
to scatter
to give money freely

godan verbtransitive

Also written ばら撒く、散蒔く

Chinese meanings

撒；散发

Examples

Furigana

彼かの女じょは金かねをばらまくのが好すきだった。
She liked throwing her money about.
她喜欢挥霍钱财。
Tatoeba #90408
その候こう補ほ者しゃは選せん挙きょで大たい金きんをばらまいた。
The candidate handed out a great amount of money in the election.
那个候选人在选举中撒了很多钱。
Tatoeba #210795

Use this entry in code

import { getVocabById } from 'kotowa';
getVocabById('af13ed2a6d'); // ばらまく

{
  "id": "af13ed2a6d",
  "word": "ばらまく",
  "reading": "ばらまく",
  "romaji": "baramaku",
  "meanings": [
    "to disseminate",
    "to scatter",
    "to give money freely"
  ],
  "level": "N1",
  "pos": [
    "v5k",
    "vt"
  ],
  "jmdict_id": 1601320,
  "other_forms": [
    "ばら撒く",
    "散蒔く"
  ],
  "examples": [
    {
      "ja": "彼女は金をばらまくのが好きだった。",
      "furigana": "{彼女|かのじょ}は{金|かね}をばらまくのが{好|す}きだった。",
      "en": "She liked throwing her money about.",
      "tatoeba_id": 90408
    },
    {
      "ja": "その候補者は選挙で大金をばらまいた。",
      "furigana": "その{候補者|こうほしゃ}は{選挙|せんきょ}で{大金|たいきん}をばらまいた。",
      "en": "The candidate handed out a great amount of money in the election.",
      "tatoeba_id": 210795
    }
  ],
  "zh": {
    "status": "reviewed",
    "source_hash": "8be74c841334ff4f97ca954383c6c3d1acc97f9a9b757b72a63be7d51922ef24",
    "meanings": [
      "撒",
      "散发"
    ],
    "examples": [
      {
        "ja": "彼女は金をばらまくのが好きだった。",
        "zh": "她喜欢挥霍钱财。"
      },
      {
        "ja": "その候補者は選挙で大金をばらまいた。",
        "zh": "那个候选人在选举中撒了很多钱。"
      }
    ],
    "references": [
      "upstream vocab/n1/af13ed2a6d",
      "JMdict ent_seq 1601320; checked against downloaded JMdict_e.gz on 2026-10-28",
      "Original Chinese authored and reviewed by Codex; no independent human review"
    ],
    "reviewer": "Codex",
    "review_method": "ai",
    "reviewed_at": "2026-10-28",
    "review_hash": "fed277bcf3ca5a37e082f18b24c3f363dfd9e1708dc286fbe89fe5f6dd8968bc"
  }
}