沸ふっ騰とう

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沸騰する · noun or participle which takes 'suru'

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

Meanings

noun, noun or participle which takes 'suru', intransitive verb

boiling; seething

Literal boiling of a liquid. Used as a noun or with する for the process of reaching a boil.

水みずが沸ふっ騰とうしたら、パスタを入いれてください。
When the water boils, please add the pasta.

noun, noun or participle which takes 'suru', intransitive verb

becoming heated; excitement; agitation

Figurative use for debates, discussions, or emotions becoming intense or heated. Often used with する.

議ぎ論ろんが沸ふっ騰とうして、会かい議ぎは深しん夜やまで続つづいた。
The debate became heated and the meeting continued until late at night.

noun, noun or participle which takes 'suru', intransitive verb

soaring; shooting up

Used for prices, stock markets, or economic indicators rising sharply. Often appears in news contexts.

原げん油ゆ価か格かくが沸ふっ騰とうし、家か計けいへの影えい響きょうが心しん配ぱいされている。
Crude oil prices are soaring, and the impact on household budgets is a concern.

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Usage patterns

〈物もの〉を沸ふっ騰とうさせるto bring something to a boil
水みずを沸ふっ騰とうさせてから麺めんを入いれてください。
Bring the water to a boil before adding the noodles.
議ぎ論ろんが沸ふっ騰とうするfor a discussion or debate to become heated
会かい議ぎではその案あんについて議ぎ論ろんが沸ふっ騰とうした。
At the meeting, discussion over the proposal became heated.
物ぶっ価かが沸ふっ騰とうするfor prices to shoot up sharply
戦せん争そうのせいで物ぶっ価かが沸ふっ騰とうしている。
Prices are soaring because of the war.
〈数かず〉度どで沸ふっ騰とうするto boil at a certain temperature
水みずは100度どで沸ふっ騰とうする。
Water boils at 100 degrees.
人にん気きが沸ふっ騰とうするfor someone's or something's popularity to suddenly soar
そのアイドルの人にん気きは今いま、沸ふっ騰とうしている。
That idol's popularity is skyrocketing right now.

Kanji

沸seethe, boil, ferment
騰leaping up, jumping up, rising

Related words

沸わくN4sense 1
沸く is a more general verb for boiling or for excitement bubbling up, while 沸騰 is a noun describing the specific state of a vigorous, rolling boil or intense excitement.
過か熱ねつ sense 2
過熱 describes an economy, market, or mood becoming overheated or excessive, while 沸騰 describes debates or public opinion suddenly boiling over with intensity.
急きゅう騰とう sense 3
急騰 specifically means a sudden sharp rise in price or value, while 沸騰 can express the same soaring prices but also literal boiling or heated debate.
沸わきN1
沸騰 is the formal or scientific term for boiling, while 沸き is a plainer, everyday noun referring to the same process.
湧わき上あがるN1
沸騰する is a more technical, physics-style term for reaching a boil, whereas 湧き上がる is a vivid, everyday way of describing liquid boiling up.

Opposites

沈ちん静せい sense 2
沈静 means calming down or settling, the opposite of 沸騰's sense of heated excitement or agitation.
急きゅう落らく sense 3
急落 means a sudden sharp drop in price, the direct opposite of 沸騰's sense of prices soaring sharply.

Counted with

回かいN4sense 1
沸騰 is counted with 回 when referring to how many times a liquid has come to a boil or a burst of excitement has occurred.

Word family

沸ふっ騰とう点てん
boiling point
人にん気き沸ふっ騰とう
tumultuous popularity; soaring popularity
体たい液えき沸ふっ騰とう
ebullism; gas bubble formation in bodily fluids
話わ題だい沸ふっ騰とう
hot topic; much talked about; creating a stir
議ぎ論ろん沸ふっ騰とう
heated discussion; debate in ferment
沸ふっ騰とう水すい型がた原げん子し炉ろ
boiling-water reactor; BWR

Written forms

沸ふっ騰とうUsage98%
Standard kanji spelling for both literal boiling and figurative heating up.
ふっとうUsage2%

Etymology

Compound of 沸 (ふつ, 'boil') and 騰 (とう, 'rise'). The kanji 騰 adds a sense of surging upward, which extends the meaning to figurative rises in emotion or prices.