湧く
Meanings
Godan verb
Intransitive verb
1. to well (up); to gush out (of water); to spring out; to surge
2. to appear (esp. suddenly) (sweat, tears, etc.); to sweat; to cry
3. to feel emotions (e.g. joy, bravery, etc.); to spring up (e.g. an idea, emotions, clouds); to well up; to arise
4. to hatch; to breed; to propagate; to be infested (esp. of parasitic insects, etc.)
Kanji used
Pitch accent
わく
Examples5
彼女の 目 には 涙 が 湧き あふれていた。
Her eyes gushed with tears.
肉 には ウジ が わいていた。
The meat was crawling with maggots.
いざとなれば 勇気 が 湧いて くる。
Your courage will come out in a crisis.
新鮮な 伊勢エビ を 見たら、 食欲 が わいた。
The sight of fresh lobster gave me an appetite.
いやいや、 結構 結構。 下の名前 で 呼び合う の は 親近感 が わいて よろしい こと だ。
Not at all, that's perfectly fine. Calling each other by one's given name is a good thing; it produces a feeling of fellowship.