富む

とむ
JLPT:N1
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1To be rich in or to abound in (used often as '〜に富む' to indicate abundance of a quality or resource).

Group 1 VerbIntransitive Verb

Examples

彼の話はユーモアに富んでいて聞いていて楽しい。

His talk is full of humor and enjoyable to listen to.

その国は天然資源に富んでいる。

That country is rich in natural resources.

表現力に富む作品だと評価された。

It was praised as a work rich in expressiveness.

2To be wealthy or affluent (often literary); to have wealth.

Group 1 VerbIntransitive Verb

Examples

ある商家は代々富んでいた。

A certain merchant family had been wealthy for generations.

現代では富むことだけが幸せではないと言われる。

Nowadays it's said that being wealthy alone does not equal happiness.