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みなぎる · godan verb (-ru)

Form	Positive	Negative
Dictionary	みなぎる	みなぎらない
Polite	みなぎります	みなぎりません
Past polite	みなぎりました	みなぎりませんでした
Past	みなぎった	みなぎらなかった
Te-form	みなぎって	みなぎらないで
Desire	みなぎりたい	みなぎりたくない
Potential	みなぎれる	みなぎれない
Passive	みなぎられる	みなぎられない
Causative	みなぎらせる	みなぎらせない
Causative passive	みなぎらせられるalso みなぎらされる	みなぎらせられないalso みなぎらされない
Volitional	みなぎろう
Polite volitional	みなぎりましょう
Imperative	みなぎれ	みなぎるな
Conditional	みなぎれば	みなぎらなければ
Tara conditional	みなぎったら	みなぎらなかったら

Meanings

godan verb (-ru), intransitive verb

rise high; overflow; swell

usually written using kana alone

Describes water or liquid rising high, overflowing, or swelling. Often used in literary or descriptive contexts.

大おお雨あめで川かわがみなぎっている。
The river is swollen from the heavy rain.

godan verb (-ru), intransitive verb

be filled with; be brimming with; pervade

usually written using kana alone

Used for emotions, energy, atmosphere, or a feeling that fills a person or place. Common with words like 活力, 自信, 喜び, 活気.

彼かれの声こえには自じ信しんがみなぎっていた。
His voice was brimming with confidence.
会かい場じょうには熱ねっ気きがみなぎっている。
The venue is filled with excitement.

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Kanji

漲overflow

Related words

溢あふれる
溢れる also means 'to overflow', but is more common and general. みなぎる often implies a powerful, swelling fullness, especially of water or abstract things like energy.
満みちる
満ちる means 'to be full' or 'to rise (tide)'. みなぎる emphasizes a dynamic, overflowing fullness rather than a static full state.

Written forms

みなぎるUsage71%
Usually written in kana. The kanji form 漲る exists but is less common.
漲みなぎるUsage29%
Kanji form; less common than kana. The kanji 漲 means 'to overflow' or 'to rise'.

Etymology

The origin is uncertain. It may be related to 水 (み, 'water') and なぎる, an old verb meaning 'to calm', but the connection is unclear. The kanji 漲 is a semantic borrowing from Chinese meaning 'to overflow'.