boil, ferment, seethe, uproar, breed

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湧く涌くIntransitiveGodan verbFreq #2394
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

Examples
彼女の目には涙が湧きあふれていた。
Her eyes gushed with tears.
3

to feel emotions (e.g. joy, bravery, etc.); to spring up (e.g. an idea, emotions, clouds); to well up; to arise

Examples
いざとなれば勇気が湧いてくる。
Your courage will come out in a crisis.
4

to hatch; to breed; to propagate; to be infested (esp. of parasitic insects, etc.)

Examples
肉にはウジがわいていた
The meat was crawling with maggots.
湧き上がる沸き上がるわき上がるきあが涌き上がるIntransitiveGodan verbFreq #6282
1

Esp. 沸き上がる

to boil up; to come to the boil; to seethe

2

to arise; to break out

Examples
彼は胸中に愛国心が湧き上がるのを感じた。
He felt patriotism rise in his breast.
3

to get excited; to be in uproar

湧き涌きNounFreq #9495
1

welling (up); gushing forth (of water); springing out; surging

2

appearing (esp. suddenly)

3

frothing of water (due to an advancing school of fish)

湧き出る涌き出るきで沸き出るIntransitiveIchidan verbFreq #14764
1

to gush forth (e.g. water from a spring); to flow (out); to stream (out); to bubble up

Examples
地面から水が沸き出ている
The water is welling up from the ground.
2

to well up (of tears, emotions, etc.); to flow out (of tears)

Examples
その女の子の目から涙がわきでた
Tears welled up in the girl's eyes.
3

to emerge; to suddenly appear; to come forth

Examples
人間の胸に希望は永遠にわき出る
Hope springs eternal in the human breast.
湧き出すわき出す涌き出すきだ沸き出すGodan verbFreq #19748
1

to gush out

沸き起こる湧き起こるきおこ涌き起こるIntransitiveGodan verbFreq #23767
1

to well up; to burst; to arise

Examples
宇宙飛行士達は自然と湧き起こった拍手で迎えられた。
The astronauts were greeted with spontaneous applause.
湧き水きみず涌き水NounFreq #38421
1

spring water

湧き立つ涌き立つきたIntransitiveGodan verbFreq #41310
1

to appear suddenly

湧水うすい涌水NounFreq #58052
1

Formal or literary term

welling of water; spring water; spring

湧出涌出うしゅつうしゅつNounIntransitive~する VerbFreq #65712
1

gushing out; welling up; springing up

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