わく

• (Tokyo) わく [wàkúꜜ] (Odaka – [2])^[1]
• IPA^(key): [β̞a̠kɯ̟]

わく • (waku) 

1. frame (such as a picture frame)
2. box; border (of a box)

   コマ枠(わく)

   koma-waku

   borders of a comic frame

3. timeslot

   放(ほう)送(そう)枠(わく)

   hōsōwaku

   program block; broadcast slot

   雑(ざつ)談(だん)枠(わく)

   zatsudan-waku

   idle chatting time (of a livestream)

4. limit, restriction

• → Korean: 와꾸 (wakku, “facial appearance; framework”)

• (Tokyo) わく [wàkú] (Heiban – [0])^[1]
• IPA^(key): [β̞a̠kɯ̟]

わく • (waku) intransitive godan (stem わき (waki), past わいた (waita))

1. 湧く, 涌く: water and so on to spring, gush, well up
2. 湧く, 涌く: to feel emotions form, such as bravery

   親(しん)近(きん)感(かん)が湧(わ)いてきた。

   Shinkinkan ga waitekita.

   I felt a sense of affinity well up. / A sense of affinity has welled up.

   • 加藤清史郎、映画『忍たま』で引きずられても吊るされても「勇気200%」

     すごく面(おも)白(しろ)くて、勇(ゆう)気(き)が200(にひゃく)％(パーセント)湧(わ)いてくる。

     Sugoku omoshirokute, yūki ga nihyaku-pāsento waite kuru.

     It was really interesting, and I felt my bravery come 200%.

3. 沸く: to boil
4. 沸く: (figuratively) to boom

   国(こく)内(ない)生(せい)産(さん)も沸(わ)く

   kokunai seisan mo waku

   domestic production is also booming

5. 沸く: to be excited

• (to boil): 沸(ふっ)騰(とう)する (futtō suru), 茹(ゆ)でる (yuderu)

• 沸(わ)き (waki)

• わくわく (wakuwaku)