Translation guide
To increase rapidly and dramatically, often in price, value, or popularity.
Prices skyrocketed.
His popularity skyrocketed.
Describing something that shoots up quickly, like prices, stock values, or fame.
Common for prices, stocks, or market values rising sharply. Often used in news and business contexts.
Crude oil prices skyrocketed.
General term for a sharp rise in numbers, graphs, or rankings. Slightly broader than 急騰.
His popularity is skyrocketing.
Implies a wild, sometimes excessive surge, often with a negative nuance. Common in financial news.
Stock prices skyrocketed wildly.
Vivid, slightly casual verb for a sudden jump upward. Used for prices, numbers, or physical things.
Prices skyrocketed.
Idiomatic phrase meaning 'to climb like an eel,' used for things that rise steeply and continuously, like popularity or sales.
Sales skyrocketed.
急騰 is mainly for financial markets (stocks, commodities). 急上昇 is broader and can be used for popularity, temperature, rankings, etc.
The English 'skyrocket' is a metaphor; Japanese does not use a rocket metaphor for this. Use the verbs above instead.
The cost of living has skyrocketed.
Demand for the product skyrocketed overnight.