Translation guide
The English word 'spouting' can refer to a liquid or gas forcefully shooting out, or to someone speaking in a rapid, impassioned, or pompous way. This guide covers natural Japanese expressions for both physical and verbal spouting.
Describing water, steam, or other fluids gushing or spurting out from an opening.
General verb for liquid or gas forcefully gushing or spurting out. Can be used for water, steam, smoke, etc.
Describing someone talking at length in an excited, opinionated, or self-important way, often without listening to others.
Do not use 噴き出す (fukidasu) for verbal spouting; it only refers to physical gushing of liquids or gases. For speaking, use expressions like まくし立てる or べらべらしゃべる.
The water pipe burst and water spouted out violently.
The whale is spouting water from its blowhole.
More formal or technical term for ejection or gushing out, often used for volcanic eruptions, steam, or high-pressure discharge.
Lava spouted from the volcano.
Specifically for water or liquid welling up or gushing out from the ground, like a spring.
Clear water is spouting from a crack in the rock.
To talk rapidly and forcefully, often in a one-sided manner. Implies the speaker is overwhelming the listener with words.
He spouted his opinions nonstop.
She was spouting off angrily.
Idiomatic expression meaning to speak fluently and rapidly, like water flowing down a standing board. Often used positively for eloquence, but can imply nonstop talking.
His explanation was like water spouting off a board — smooth and rapid.
To chatter or talk on and on, often about trivial things. Can be used for spouting nonsense.
He was spouting on for hours.
To talk in a pompous or self-important manner, spouting opinions as if one is an authority.
He's always spouting off about politics in a pompous way.
He spouted words like water. (unnatural)