爆発
Meaning in Englishexplosion, detonation, eruption
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Word context
What it means
爆発 (bakuhatsu) means a violent, sudden physical explosion: an abrupt release of energy that produces blast effects such as shock, heat, pressure and fragmentation; the term is used to describe real-world detonations, blasts and ruptures in safety, engineering and reporting contexts.
Main meanings
- 1. A figurative sudden outburst of emotion or behavior, such as an explosive display of anger or laughter.
- 2. A rapid, large-scale increase or surge in quantity or popularity (as in a product or trend experiencing explosive growth).
- 3. A sudden outbreak or flare-up of events, problems, or activity (e.g., a spike in incidents or demand).
- 4. In compound or adjectival forms, describes something characterized by rapid, dramatic change (see 爆発的 (bakuhatsuteki)).
How to use it
Used in news, technical, emergency and everyday language, it appears in formal technical descriptions of detonations and structural failures as well as casual metaphors for sudden change; grammatically it functions as a noun and commonly appears with the verb 'する' to form an action (describing something exploding) and as part of adjectival compounds to describe scale or intensity.
Variants and close terms
- 爆発的 (bakuhatsuteki), explosive; sudden surge
- 炸裂 (sakuretsu), burst/rupture (often used for loud bursts or dramatic impacts)
- 爆発音 (bakuhatsuon), explosion sound
- 収束 (shuusoku), containment/settling (antonym in sense of ending an outbreak)
Composition
- 爆: means to burst, blow up or explode, carrying the idea of a violent rupture.
- 発: means to emit, depart, or originate (release or outbreak); together the characters convey an emission/bursting action—an emitted burst of force or energy.
Word class
noun, verbal noun (suru-verb) (名詞・サ変動詞)