Word Meaning 発展

はってん hatten

発展 is read as はってん (hatten) and means playing around (sexually; esp. of a male homosexual).

Meaning

English

  1. playing around (sexually; esp. of a male homosexual)
  2. having an active sex life
  3. development (of a situation, story, etc.)
  4. advancement
  5. progression
  6. unfolding
  7. development
  8. growth

Reading

Kana

はってん

Romaji

hatten

Stroke Sequence

2 Characters • 19 Total Strokes

Study Signals and Categories

JLPT N1 Jōyō Grade 6 Kanken 5級 Antonyms 衰退・衰頽 Related Words 成長,発達,進化,伸びる Rank 1473 Priority A

Related Vocabulary

Max. 12

発展途上国

はってんとじょうこく

developing country

発展中

はってんちゅう

under development

発展場

はってんば

(gay) cruising spot

発展性

はってんせい

possibility

発展的

はってんてき

developing

発展家

はってんか

playboy

発展的解消

はってんてきかいしょう

dissolution of several sections into a new organization (organisation)

発展型

はってんけい

variant

発展学習

はってんがくしゅう

enrichment program (i.e. for high-performing students)

発展途上

はってんとじょう

developing (e.g. industry, town, economy)

時間発展

じかんはってん

time evolution

経済発展

けいざいはってん

economic development

Example Sentences

10

Boston has grown rapidly in the last ten years.

Good technicians are in short supply in the developing countries.

It has developed into a very large city.

Advanced countries must give aid to developing countries.

They will contribute greatly to the growth of the town.

Industrialization had a great influence on the development of the economy in Japan.

Schrodinger's equation describes the time evolution of quantum mechanics.

The small country is making great efforts to keep up with other developing countries.

What this club is today is largely due to the effort of these people.

Glass developed dramatically in the Roman era when glass blowing techniques were invented.