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隆起

隆起

Chinese

 
grand; intense; prosperous; start (a fire); sound of drums
to rise; to raise; to get up
simp. and trad.
(隆起)

Verb

隆起

  1. to swell; to bulge

Noun

隆起

  1. (medicine) swelling; protuberance
  2. (geology) tectonic uplift

Japanese

Kanji in this term
りゅう
Grade: S

Grade: 3
on'yomi

Pronunciation

Noun

隆起 (hiragana りゅうき, romaji ryūki)

  1. protuberance
  2. (geology) tectonic uplift, usually the ocean floor

Antonyms

  • (tectonic uplift): 沈降 (ちんこう) (chinkō)

Verb

隆起する (intransitive, hiragana りゅうきする, romaji ryūki suru)

  1. to rise
  2. to undergo tectonic uplift

Conjugation