末広(すえひろ)がり

すえひろがり
noun
growing wider toward the end; auspicious prosperity
culture
1. growing wider toward the end; fan shape
A shape that broadens out toward its far end, like an opened folding fan. Used both literally and as an auspicious image of expanding fortune over time.
末広(すえひろ)がりの形(かたち)をしている。
It has a shape that widens toward the end.
末広(すえひろ)がりで縁起(えんぎ)がいい数字(すうじ)だ。
It's an auspicious number that suggests growing prosperity.
結婚式(けっこんしき)の祝辞(しゅくじ)で、二人(ふたり)の未来(みらい)が末広(すえひろ)がりになることを願(ねが)った。
In the wedding speech, I wished that the couple's future would grow ever wider in fortune.

Compound of 末(すえ) (end, far future) + 広(ひろ)がる (to spread, widen). Literally "widening toward the end."

Cultural note

The shape evokes the folding fan (扇子(せんす)), which is itself considered an auspicious object. The number 8 (八(はち)) is called 末広(すえひろ)がり because the kanji 八 widens at the bottom, making it a lucky number associated with growing prosperity.

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