Learn Japanese: kono uirusu wa kuukichuu de hirogarimasu.

この　ウイルス　は　空くう気き中ちゅう　で　広ひろがります。kono uirusu wa kuukichuu de hirogarimasu.

This virus spreads through the air.

From Lesson 309:Vocabulary expansion 38·Japanese

Breakdown of kono uirusu wa kuukichuu de hirogarimasu.

throughout, during^{used after a noun}

Sometimes the initial t-sound changes into a d-sound due to rendaku, a phenomenon where the initial consonant of the second part of a compound word becomes voiced.

Unfortunately, there are no clear rules for when rendaku applies.

広ひろがるhirogaru

to spread; to stretch^intransitive

でde

method/means particle

ウイルスuirusu

virus

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