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台頭 (たいとう) Japanese meaning | Kotomora
Common word Freq. Frequency Top 20,000 Conjugation Meanings 1
noun, noun or participle which takes 'suru', intransitive verb
rise ; emergence ; gaining prominence
Describes a movement, force, idea, or group becoming prominent or powerful, often with a nuance of something previously suppressed or unnoticed coming to the fore. Common in political, social, and economic contexts.
近きん 年ねん 、 環かん 境きょう 保ほ 護ご 運うん 動どう が 急きゅう 速そく に 台たい 頭とう し て き た 。
In recent years, the environmental protection movement has rapidly gained prominence.
Written forms 台たい 頭とう Usage 93%
Standard modern spelling; used in news and formal writing.
擡たい 頭とう Usage 7%
rarely-used kanji form
Rarely used kanji form; Learners can safely ignore this spelling.
Kanji 台 pedestal, a stand, counter for machines and vehicles 頭 head, counter for large animals Similar words 出しゅつ 現げん 出現 is a general word for 'appearance' or 'emergence' of something new, without the connotation of gaining power or influence. 台頭 emphasizes rising to prominence.
勃ぼっ 興こう 勃興 also means 'rise' or 'sudden prosperity', but it is more literary and often used for sudden, vigorous uprisings or the rise of states. 台頭 is more common in modern news for gradual or sustained emergence.
Etymology From Chinese 擡頭/台頭 (táitóu), literally 'to raise one's head', figuratively 'to rise, to gain prominence'. The kanji 擡 (raise, lift) was replaced by the simpler 台 in modern Japanese.
