How to say "soaring" in Japanese

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  • 飛翔ひしょうCommon
    noun, suru verb, intransitive verbThe literal, airborne sense: flying or soaring through the sky. Use it of birds, aircraft, and the like in flight; it does not describe rising prices.
  • 高騰こうとうCommon
    noun, suru verb, intransitive verbThe figurative sense: prices soaring. It describes a sharp, steep rise in prices — the 'soaring' of 'soaring prices' in the news — and never refers to physical flight.
    This policy resulted in a great rise in prices.

These two split 'soaring' by sense: 飛翔 is literal flight through the air, while 高騰 is prices soaring, i.e. rising sharply; choose according to whether the subject flies or its price climbs.

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