沸く
わく · waku
To grow hot (e.g. water), to boil
- to get excited (at), to erupt (in applause, cheering, etc.), to be in a ferment, to take place energetically
- to ferment
- to melt (of metal)
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Conjugation
| Polite (ます形) | 沸きますわきます |
| Polite negative (ません) | 沸きませんわきません |
| Polite past (ました) | 沸きましたわきました |
| Polite past negative (ませんでした) | 沸きませんでしたわきませんでした |
| Let us ~ (ましょう) | 沸きましょうわきましょう |
| Masu-stem (連用形) | 沸きわき |
| Want to ~ (たい形) | 沸きたいわきたい |
| While ~ing (ながら) | 沸きながらわきながら |
| Te-form (て形) | 沸いてわいて |
| Plain past (た形) | 沸いたわいた |
| Tara-conditional (たら形) | 沸いたらわいたら |
| Progressive (ている形) | 沸いているわいている |
| Plain negative (ない形) | 沸かないわかない |
| Plain past negative (なかった形) | 沸かなかったわかなかった |
| Negative te-form (なくて) | 沸かなくてわかなくて |
| Potential (可能形) | 沸けるわける |
| Ba-conditional (条件形) | 沸けばわけば |
| Imperative (命令形) | 沸けわけ |
| Volitional (意向形) | 沸こうわこう |
| Passive (受身形) | 沸かれるわかれる |
| Causative (使役形) | 沸かせるわかせる |
| Causative-passive (使役受身形) | 沸かされるわかされる |
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What does 沸く mean?
To grow hot (e.g. water), to boil. It can also mean: to get excited (at), to erupt (in applause, cheering, etc.), to be in a ferment, to take place energetically; to ferment; to melt (of metal).
How do you pronounce 沸く?
わく (waku). Pitch accent: heiban — flat. Press Listen above to hear it.
What JLPT level is 沸く?
JLPT N4 — upper beginner. See the JLPT N4 guide.
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