腫れる

はれる

to swell (from inflammation, to become swollen)

What does 腫れる mean?

腫れる is a Japanese verb meaning to swell (from inflammation, to become swollen) in English. It is written as 腫れる in kanji, はれる in hiragana, and hareru in romaji. This word is part of JLPT N1 vocabulary.

Example sentence

扁桃腺がはれている気がするのですが。

I'm afraid my tonsils are swollen.