JLPT N3 · Verb

湧く (waku)

湧く (わく, waku) is a Japanese verb meaning “to well (up); to gush out (of water)”. It appears in JLPT N3 vocabulary lists and is marked as a common word in JMdict.

Reading: わく
Romaji: waku
Word class: Godan verb (う-verb) ending in く
Level: JLPT N3 (unofficial)

Meaning

to well (up); to gush out (of water); to spring out; to surge · godan verb, intransitive
to appear (esp. suddenly) (sweat, tears, etc.); to sweat; to cry · godan verb, intransitive
to feel emotions (e.g. joy, bravery, etc.); to spring up (e.g. an idea, emotions, clouds); to well up; to arise · godan verb, intransitive
to hatch; to breed; to propagate; to be infested (esp. of parasitic insects, etc.) · godan verb, intransitive

Example sentences

彼女の目には涙が湧きあふれていた。

Her eyes gushed with tears.

Tatoeba #93892

いざとなれば勇気が湧いてくる。

Your courage will come out in a crisis.

Tatoeba #229136

肉にはウジがわいていた。

The meat was crawling with maggots.

Tatoeba #122996

Sentences from the Tatoeba project, linked to this word in JMdict.

Conjugation of 湧く

Godan verb (う-verb) ending in く. Plain and polite forms below; try any other word in the Japanese verb conjugator.

Form	Japanese	Reading
Dictionary	湧く	わく waku
Polite (~masu)	湧きます	わきます wakimasu
Negative	湧かない	わかない wakanai
Polite negative	湧きません	わきません wakimasen
Past	湧いた	わいた waita
Polite past	湧きました	わきました wakimashita
Negative past	湧かなかった	わかなかった wakanakatta
Te-form	湧いて	わいて waite
Potential	湧ける	わける wakeru
Passive	湧かれる	わかれる wakareru
Causative	湧かせる	わかせる wakaseru
Volitional	湧こう	わこう wakou
Imperative	湧け	わけ wake
Conditional (~ba)	湧けば	わけば wakeba

Kanji in 湧く

湧

boil, ferment, seetheユウ・ヨウ・わ.く · 12 strokes

Source: JMdict entry 1606685 (EDRDG, CC BY-SA 4.0). Level: unofficial JLPT list – how levels are assigned.