噴く

1. Origins, structure, and basic meaning

• Structure: 噴く is read ふく and describes water or smoke spouting out, or something emitting it.
• Basic usage: It describes water spurting from between rocks or a volcano emitting smoke.

2. Common pitfalls and similar expressions

• What comes out and what is emitted
  • In 湯が噴く, が marks the water that spouts out.
  • In 煙を噴く, を marks the smoke that is emitted.
• Inflection
  • The past form is 噴いた.
  • The て-form is 噴いて.