溢れ出す

• 読み: あふれだす
• ローマ字: afuredasu
• 漢字の分解: 溢 (itsu/afure) — overflow, brim over; 出 (shutsu/da) — exit, begin, put out
• 発音: /a.ɸɯ.ɾe.da.sɯ/

意味

To overflow and gush out; to spill over; to well up and pour forth. Suggests a sudden or uncontrolled release of something that had accumulated.

A Group 1 (godan) compound verb combining 溢れる (to overflow) and 出す (to begin/to let out). The compound emphasises the initial moment of overflowing — the transition from contained to uncontained. Used for water, tears, emotions, and people flooding out of a space. In literary contexts, often used to describe emotions that can no longer be suppressed.

例文

1. 堰が決壊し、大量の水が田んぼへと溢れ出した。
2. 子どもの成長を語る母の目から、涙が溢れ出してきた。
3. 長年抑えてきた彼女の悲しみが溢れ出すように言葉になった。

使い方ガイド

場面: literature, nature, emotions, daily life

トーン: expressive

起源と歴史

Compound of 溢れる (from 溢, meaning overflow or abundance) and 出す (to put out, to begin). The character 溢 contains 水 (water) on the left, reflecting its original meaning of water overflowing a vessel.

文化的背景

時代: Contemporary

世代: All ages

社会的背景: General