Japanese Dictionary
Meaning of 湧く in Japanese
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湧く, 涌くJLPT 2
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Kana Readingわく
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Romajiwaku
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Word Senses
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- Parts of speech
- Godan verb with `ku' ending, intransitive verb
- Meaning
- to well (up); to gush forth (of water); to spring out; to surge
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- Parts of speech
- Meaning
- to appear (esp. suddenly) (sweat, tears, etc.)
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- Parts of speech
- Meaning
- to feel emotions form (joy, bravery, etc.)
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- Parts of speech
- Meaning
- to hatch (esp. of parasitic insects, etc.)
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Examples of 湧く, 涌く, わく in a sentence
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いやいや、結構結構。下の名前で呼び合うのは親近感がわいてよろしいことだ。
Not at all, that's perfectly fine. Calling each other by one's given name is a good thing; it produces a feeling of fellowship.
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Her eyes gushed with tears.
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The meat was crawling with maggots.
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The sight of fresh lobster gave me an appetite.
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Your courage will come out in a crisis.
Verb Conjugations
Non-Past
- Plain
- 湧く
- Plain Polite
- 湧きます
- Negative
- 湧かない
- Negative Polite
- 湧きません
Past
- Plain
- 湧いた
- Plain Polite
- 湧きました
- Negative
- 湧かなかった
- Negative Polite
- 湧きませんでした
Te
- Plain
- 湧いて
- Plain Polite
- 湧きまして
- Negative
- --
- Negative Polite
- --
Passive
- Plain
- 湧かれる
- Plain Polite
- 湧かれます
- Negative
- 湧かれない
- Negative Polite
- 湧かれません
Related Kanji
湧
JLPT 1
12 strokes
boil, ferment, seethe, uproar, breed
On'Yomi: ユウ, ヨウ, ユ
Kun'Yomi: わ.く