NichiDict

たぎる

滾る
激る
[tagiru]

Meanings

1.GodanIntransitive

to boil; to seethe

2.GodanIntransitive

to roil (e.g. waterfall, torrent); to foam; to cascade down

3.GodanIntransitive

to well up (of emotions); to overflow (e.g. fighting spirit); to seethe (esp. blood)

Examples

選手の闘志がたぎっている

The athlete's fighting spirit is burning hot.

不当な判決を聞き、彼の血が滾った

Hearing the unjust verdict, his blood boiled.

岩間から勢いよく湧き出る温泉は、しく滾る

The hot spring water gushing powerfully from the rock face boils fiercely.