JLPT N2Kanji compounds

普及

Readingふきゅうfukyuu

Meaning
物事が広く行き渡り、多くの人に使われるようになること
Explanation
「普及(ふきゅう)」 means something spreading widely and coming to be used by many people. It is used as in 「スマホが普及する」. Unlike c1 "scattering," it is used in a positive sense of a good thing spreading throughout society.
Original Japanese explanation

「普及(ふきゅう)」は、物事が広く行き渡り、多くの人に使われるようになることです。「スマホが普及する」のように使います。c1 の「散らばる」とは違い、良い物が世間に広まるという肯定的な意味で使われます。

Examples
  • スマホが普及する

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