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沸き上がる

わきあがる

N2boil up · surge

Examples

鍋の底から大きな泡が沸き上がった。

勝利の瞬間、客席から歓声が沸き上がる。

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Study notes

1. Origins, structure, and basic meaning

  • Structure: 沸き上がる(わきあがる) combines 沸く(わく) and 上がる(あがる) to express boiling up or surging upward.
  • Basic usage: It describes bubbles in a pot as well as cheers swelling from an audience.

2. Common pitfalls and similar expressions

  • Source and what surges
    • In 客席から歓声が沸き上がる, から marks where the cheers come from and marks the cheers that surge.
  • Past form
    • 沸き上がった is the past form, with the final 上がる conjugated.

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