Illustration: Beside a rural Japanese footpath, clear spring water wells through a small opening in a sandy pool beneath mossy stones. The upward movement lifts a little dome of sand grains and sends gentle rings across the surface before the water escapes into a narrow runnel.

JLPT N2verbLevel estimated by Bebop

湧わく

waku

to well up, to arise

Use 沸く for boiling water. Note written by AI.

Example sentences

新鮮しんせんな伊勢いせエビを見みたら、食欲しょくよくがわいた。
The sight of fresh lobster gave me an appetite.
Tatoeba · CC BY 2.0 FR · Source
いざとなれば勇気ゆうきが湧わいてくる。
Your courage will come out in a crisis.
Tatoeba · CC BY 2.0 FR · Source
そんなアイデア、どこから湧わいてくるの？
Where do you get your ideas from?
Tatoeba · CC BY 2.0 FR · Source

Kanji in 湧

湧boil; fermentOnユウ・ヨウ・ユKunわく

A word like this on every new tab

The Bebop Chrome extension shows one illustrated Japanese word each time you open a new tab in Chrome, with its reading, meaning, kanji and three example sentences. Choose any mix of levels from N5 to beyond N1. It’s free, with no account.

The Bebop new tab showing 音楽, music, over an illustration of a family playing music at home, with three example sentences

Add to Chrome Free on the Chrome Web Store

For Chrome on a computer. See it on the Chrome Web Store