Translation guide
How to express 'gushing' in Japanese, covering enthusiastic praise, flowing liquid, and emotional outpourings.
To describe someone speaking with excessive, often effusive, praise or admiration.
Means to praise highly or rave about something. Often used for reviews or public acclaim.
She was gushing about the movie.
Literally 'to praise to pieces', meaning to praise effusively or excessively. Very natural for personal gushing.
My friend was gushing over my cooking.
Casual expression meaning to praise lavishly or gush over something. Often used in spoken language.
He was gushing over her dress.
Means to praise unreservedly or without holding back. Implies wholehearted, gushing praise.
The teacher gushed over the student's presentation.
A noun meaning enthusiastic praise or rave review. More formal or literary.
The work received gushing praise from critics.
To describe water, blood, or other liquid rushing out in a stream.
Means to gush out, spout, or spurt. Used for liquids, flames, etc. Intransitive.
The water pipe burst and water gushed out.
Means to well up or gush out, often from a natural source like a spring. Intransitive.
Describes liquid gushing or spurting out with force. Often used for blood or water. Intransitive.
Same as ほとばしる, but kanji form is rare and literary.
To describe feelings such as joy, gratitude, or sadness being expressed in an unrestrained, overflowing manner.
Literally 'emotions overflow out'. A natural way to describe gushing emotions.
Her words made gratitude gush out of me.
Means 'feelings overflow'. Often used for sentimental or passionate outpourings.
Means to speak passionately or gush about a topic. Focuses on the manner of speaking.
The English word 'gushing' does not have a single direct equivalent in Japanese. Choose the expression based on whether you mean praise, liquid, or emotions. Using a word like 噴出 (funshutsu) for emotional gushing would sound unnatural.
Hot spring water is gushing from the ground.
Blood gushed from the wound.
Blood gushed from the wound.
He started crying as his emotions gushed out when saying goodbye.
He gushed about his hobby.