沸く
N4わく waku
- to boil
- to grow hot
- to get excited
godan verbintransitive
Chinese meanings
沸腾;热闹起来
Examples
- 市の産業はみんな好景気に沸いている。All the industries in the city are booming.该市所有产业都因经济繁荣而兴旺。
- 薬缶のお湯が沸いている。The kettle is boiling.水壶里的水开了。
Use this entry in code
import { getVocabById } from 'kotowa';
getVocabById('f7e0744822'); // 沸く
{
"id": "f7e0744822",
"word": "沸く",
"reading": "わく",
"romaji": "waku",
"meanings": [
"to boil",
"to grow hot",
"to get excited"
],
"level": "N4",
"pos": [
"v5k",
"vi"
],
"jmdict_id": 1606680,
"examples": [
{
"ja": "市の産業はみんな好景気に沸いている。",
"furigana": "{市|し}の{産業|さんぎょう}はみんな{好景気|こうけいき}に{沸|わ}いている。",
"en": "All the industries in the city are booming.",
"tatoeba_id": 168382
},
{
"ja": "薬缶のお湯が沸いている。",
"furigana": "{薬缶|やかん}のお{湯|ゆ}が{沸|わ}いている。",
"en": "The kettle is boiling.",
"tatoeba_id": 79471
}
],
"zh": {
"status": "reviewed",
"source_hash": "07cd2931364df767ff22f3a28ad7513c36ab5ed8528a12e69545b54902538abb",
"meanings": [
"沸腾",
"热闹起来"
],
"examples": [
{
"ja": "市の産業はみんな好景気に沸いている。",
"zh": "该市所有产业都因经济繁荣而兴旺。"
},
{
"ja": "薬缶のお湯が沸いている。",
"zh": "水壶里的水开了。"
}
],
"references": [
"upstream vocab/n4/f7e0744822",
"Original Chinese authored and reviewed by Codex; no independent human review"
],
"reviewer": "Codex",
"review_method": "ai",
"reviewed_at": "2026-10-28",
"review_hash": "0f03ce98e3bf8eadfbfd999d920eeb75bc3d120c18f8c80f00eec0c84385ea1a"
}
}