氾濫

• 読み: はんらん
• ローマ字: hanran
• 漢字の分解: 氾 (han) — overflow, flood; 濫 (ran) — overflow, excessive
• 発音: /han.ɾan/

意味

Flood; inundation; overflow; deluge. Water exceeding the bounds of its natural channel or container. Also used figuratively for an uncontrolled excess of information or things.

A sino-Japanese noun and verbal noun (する-verb) that describes water overflowing its banks and spreading across surrounding land. 氾濫 is a high-frequency term in disaster news and official warnings. Figuratively, it is widely used to criticise an overabundance of something — for example, misinformation or low-quality content flooding the internet.

例文

1. 記録的な豪雨により河川が氾濫し、市街地の広い範囲が浸水した。
2. 氾濫した泥水が家屋の一階部分を完全に飲み込んだ。
3. インターネット上には根拠のない情報が氾濫しており、判断が難しい。

使い方ガイド

場面: natural disasters, news, figurative use

トーン: serious

起源と歴史

Sino-Japanese compound. 氾 (han) means to overflow or spread out, and 濫 (ran) means to overflow or be excessive. Both components share the water radical 氵, reinforcing the meaning of water exceeding its bounds.

文化的背景

時代: Classical–Modern

世代: All ages

社会的背景: Universal