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    3. 湧く

    湧く

    湧わく​

    to well (up)

    N2KMT8CoreVerb, IntransitiveNature & EnvironmentKanji Vocab13 strokes

    涌く

    わく

    Verb, Intransitive

    1.
    to well (up), to gush out (of water), to spring out, to surge
    2.
    to appear (esp. suddenly) (sweat, tears, etc.), to sweat, to cry
    3.
    to feel emotions (e.g. joy, bravery, etc.), to spring up (e.g. an idea, emotions, clouds), to well up, to arise
    4.
    to hatch, to breed, to propagate, to be infested (esp. of parasitic insects, etc.)

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    地ち中ちゅうから温おん泉せんが湧わいています。

    Hot springs are gushing out from underground.

    KMT6Nature & EnvironmentTravel & Transportation
    彼かれの話はなしを聞きいて、感かん動どうの涙なみだが自し然ぜんと湧わいてきました。

    Hearing his story, tears of emotion naturally welled up.

    KMT8Emotions & PsychologyDaily Life
    夏なつになると、この池いけにはたくさんの虫むしが湧わきます。

    In summer, many insects breed in this pond.

    KMT8Nature & EnvironmentAnimals
    試し合あいの終しゅう盤ばん、選せん手しゅたちの心こころには勝しょう利りへの闘とう志しが湧わいてきた。

    Towards the end of the game, a fighting spirit for victory welled up in the players' hearts.

    KMT8Sports & Martial ArtsEmotions & Psychology
    新あたらしいアイデアが次つぎ々つぎと頭あたまの中なかに湧わいてきて、興こう奮ふんが止とまらない。

    New ideas kept welling up in my head one after another, and I couldn't stop my excitement.

    KMT9Emotions & PsychologyDaily Life

    Characters that make up this word

    湧
    わ.く…(5)
    boil・ferment・seethe・uproar・breed
    Kanji
    く
    ku
    Kana
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