間欠泉(かんけつせん) かんけつせん noun geyser geography 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 general Added 2026.7.1 9:20 · Revised 2026.9.2 13:02 29500/29597_kanketsusen