沸き起こる・湧き起こる・涌き起こる|わきおこるwakiokoru[4]nakadaka (mid-high)
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Which spelling to use
沸き起こる沸き起こる is the most common written form and the recommended choice for beginners; use it when choosing a spelling.
湧き起こる湧き起こる is another kanji-and-kana spelling and is less common than 沸き起こる.
涌き起こる涌き起こる is a kanji-and-kana spelling, but it is rarely used; learners will seldom need to choose it.
Definitions
- godan verb, intransitive verbto well up; to burst; to arise
Conjugation
| Dictionary form | 沸き起こる（わきおこる） |
|---|---|
| Polite (masu) | 沸き起こります（わきおこります） |
| Negative (nai) | 沸き起こらない（わきおこらない） |
| polite (masen) | 沸き起こりません（わきおこりません） |
| classical zu / nu | 沸き起こらず・沸き起こらぬ（わきおこらず・わきおこらぬ） |
| Past (ta) | 沸き起こった（わきおこった） |
| polite (mashita) | 沸き起こりました（わきおこりました） |
| Past negative (nakatta) | 沸き起こらなかった（わきおこらなかった） |
| polite (masen deshita) | 沸き起こりませんでした（わきおこりませんでした） |
| Te form | 沸き起こって（わきおこって） |
| Potential | 沸き起これる（わきおこれる） |
| Passive | 沸き起こられる（わきおこられる） |
| Causative | 沸き起こらせる（わきおこらせる） |
| Causative passive | 沸き起こらせられる・沸き起こらされる（わきおこらせられる・わきおこらされる） |
| Conditional (ba) | 沸き起これば（わきおこれば） |
| tara | 沸き起こったら（わきおこったら） |
| Volitional | 沸き起ころう（わきおころう） |
| polite (mashou) | 沸き起こりましょう（わきおこりましょう） |
| Imperative | 沸き起これ（わきおこれ） |
Common forms generated by rule; see the senses for honorific or irregular usage.
Synonyms & antonyms
- Synonym湧くわくNeutralThe most basic verb: spring water gushing out, also feelings or ideas welling up.
- Synonymこみ上げるこみあげるNeutralEmotions or tears welling up to fill the heart, also feeling sick; stresses private emotion rising inside one person.
- Synonym湧き上がるわきあがるNeutralBoils or surges up, also used of a crowd seething with excitement; stresses upward movement, while 「沸き起こる」 stresses something arising from nothing.
- Synonym湧き出るわきでるNeutralSpring water, tears or emotions welling out steadily; stresses emerging from within, without the dramatic surge of 「沸き起こる」.
- Synonym湧き立つわきたつNeutralClouds or feelings suddenly appearing in large numbers; rare, and close in meaning to 「沸き起こる」.
- Related吹き出すふきだすNeutralSpouting or spurting out, also bursting into laughter; stresses forceful gushing forth.
- Related起こるおこるNeutralThe plainest verb for something occurring; lacks the sense of things surging up like boiling water.
- Related発生はっせいWrittenWritten/formal prose for accidents, illnesses and the like occurring; objective, with no sense of surging energy.
- Related生じるしょうじるWrittenWritten/formal verb for producing or giving rise to something, often an abstract result, as in 「疑問が生じる」.
- Related生ずるしょうずるWrittenA literary variant of 「生じる」 with the same meaning; written/formal prose.
- Related噴出ふんしゅつNeutralLava or gas spewing out, also used figuratively for discontent erupting; stresses the spraying, jetting motion.
- Related勃発ぼっぱつNeutralWars or incidents suddenly breaking out; stresses the sudden onset, and is not said of applause.
- Related沸き立つわきたつNeutralBoiling with excitement, a crowd in a frenzy; stresses the lively atmosphere, and its subject is usually the scene itself.
- Related生起せいきWrittenRare written/formal word, academic in tone, for phenomena occurring; in everyday speech use 「起こる」.
- Antonym静まるしずまるNeutralTo quiet down or subside; the opposite of 「沸き起こる」 with its image of cheers boiling up.
Choose 「沸き起こる」 when applause, cheers or questions suddenly arise among a crowd. For spring water or emotions welling out, use 「湧く」 or 「湧き出る」; for feelings surging up inside one person, 「こみ上げる」. For plain 'happen', use 「起こる」, or 「発生」/「生じる」 in formal prose.
Usage comparisons are AI-assisted and cross-checked by multiple models; for study reference only
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