間欠泉(かんけつせん)

かんけつせん
noun
geyser
1. geyser
A hot spring that periodically erupts, shooting hot water and steam high into the air at more or less regular intervals. Found in volcanic regions.
間欠泉(かんけつせん)が噴(ふ)き出(だ)した。
The geyser erupted.
アイスランドには間欠泉(かんけつせん)が多(おお)い。
Iceland has many geysers.
観光客(かんこうきゃく)は、一定(いってい)時間(じかん)ごとに湯(ゆ)を噴(ふ)き上(あ)げる間欠泉(かんけつせん)に見入(みい)っていた。
The tourists gazed at the geyser that spouted hot water at regular intervals.

A hot spring that erupts periodically rather than flowing steadily. Written with 欠(けつ) today, though the older form 間歇泉(かんけつせん) is sometimes seen.

COMMON COLLOCATIONS:

  • 間欠泉(かんけつせん)が噴(ふ)き出(だ)す: a geyser spouts
  • 間欠泉(かんけつせん)が噴出(ふんしゅつ)する: a geyser erupts
  • 天然(てんねん)の間欠泉(かんけつせん): a natural geyser
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