台たい頭とう

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台頭する · noun or participle which takes 'suru'

Form	Positive	Negative
Dictionary	台たい頭とうする	台たい頭とうしない
Polite	台たい頭とうします	台たい頭とうしません
Past polite	台たい頭とうしました	台たい頭とうしませんでした
Past	台たい頭とうした	台たい頭とうしなかった
Te-form	台たい頭とうして	台たい頭とうしないで
Desire	台たい頭とうしたい	台たい頭とうしたくない
Potential	台たい頭とうできる	台たい頭とうできない
Passive	台たい頭とうされる	台たい頭とうされない
Causative	台たい頭とうさせる	台たい頭とうさせない
Causative passive	台たい頭とうさせられる	台たい頭とうさせられない
Volitional	台たい頭とうしよう
Polite volitional	台たい頭とうしましょう
Imperative	台たい頭とうしろ	台たい頭とうするな
Conditional	台たい頭とうすれば	台たい頭とうしなければ
Tara conditional	台たい頭とうしたら	台たい頭とうしなかったら

Meanings

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.

新しん興こう勢せい力りょくの台たい頭とうが既き存ぞんの秩ちつ序じょを揺ゆるがしている。
The rise of emerging powers is shaking the existing order.
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.

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Usage patterns

〈事こと〉が台たい頭とうするfor something (an idea, movement, force) to rise to prominence
近きん年ねん、環かん境きょう保ほ護ごの思し想そうが台たい頭とうしてきた。
In recent years, environmentalist thinking has risen to prominence.
〈事こと〉の台たい頭とうthe rise (of a force, nation, group)
新しん興こう国こくの台たい頭とうが世せ界かい経けい済ざいを変かえつつある。
The rise of emerging nations is changing the world economy.
〈人ひと〉が台たい頭とうするfor a person or group to rise to prominence
若わか手て選せん手しゅが台たい頭とうしてきて、チームの主しゅ力りょくになった。
Young players have risen to prominence and become the team's core.

Kanji

台pedestal, a stand, counter for machines and vehicles
頭head, counter for large animals
擡lift, raise

Related words· 6

出しゅつ現げんN1
出現 is a neutral word for something new appearing, while 台頭 implies that thing is rising specifically toward power or prominence.
勃ぼっ興こう
勃興 is a more literary word for a sudden, vigorous rise (as of a state or movement), whereas 台頭 is the common word for gradual or ongoing emergence into prominence.
興こう隆りゅう
興隆 stresses flourishing and prosperity once risen, while 台頭 focuses on the moment of newly gaining prominence.
進しん出しゅつN1
進出 refers to physically or organizationally moving into a new field, while 台頭 refers to gaining influence or prominence within an existing field.

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浮ふ上じょう
台頭 specifically means rising to power or influence, usually for people or groups, while 浮上 can also describe a problem, plan, or possibility becoming apparent.
売うり出だすN2
台頭する means to rise to prominence in a field or society, a broader term than 売り出す, which is often used specifically of entertainers or products gaining sudden popularity.

Opposites

衰すい退たいN1
衰退 means decline or losing power, the opposite process from 台頭's rise to prominence.

Don't confuse with

対たい等とうN1
対等 (also read たいとう) means 'equal, on par', a completely different meaning from 台頭's 'rise to prominence', so context is needed to tell them apart when heard.

Written forms

台たい頭とうUsage93%
Standard modern spelling; used in news and formal writing.
擡たい頭とうUsage7%
rarely-used kanji form
Rarely used kanji form; Learners can safely ignore this spelling.

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.