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31 富む To Be Rich

Alternative Meanings

To Be Wealthy

Part of Speech

Intransitive verb and Godan verb

Reading

とむ

  • Kyoko(Tokyo accent, female)
  • Kenichi(Tokyo accent, male)

Context Sentence

カナダはカナディアンベーコンに富む。

Canada is rich with Canadian bacon.

Meaning Explanation

Because the hiragana ends with an う sound, you know this word is a verb. The kanji itself means rich so the verb vocab version would be to be rich.

Reading Explanation

Think about the richest person you know. That person is Tom (む). Imagine Tom as being super rich. If you don't know a Tom, think of a famous Tom, like Tom Cruise, who definitely is pretty rich.

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