≪友達同士の会話≫
A:　久しぶり。最近どう？
B: 実はさ、最近オンラインゲームにハマってて。
休みの日は10時間はやってるかも。
A：え～！めちゃくちゃハマってるね。

A:　Hisashiburi!  Saikin dou?
B:   Jitsu wa sa, saikin online game ni hamattete.
       Yasumino hi wa jyu jikan wa yatteru kamo.
A：  Ee!!  Mecha kucha hamatteru ne.

Conversation between friends
A: It’s been a while. How are you doing lately?
B: The truth is, lately I’ve been addicted to online games. On my days off I play for maybe ten hours.
A: What?! You must be addicted like crazy.

Another word that is used in the same way as “hamaru” is the Japanese-made English phrase, “my boom.”
Instead of meaning something that is “booming” with the general public, it means a “boom” for an individual person.

Example:

最近のマイブームは、オンラインゲームです。

Saikin no my boom wa online game desu.

Lately I’m really into online games. (Online games are my boom lately.)