たいとう
Taitou
Other forms: 擡頭
台頭 (Taitou) is a Japanese noun meaning “rise (e.g. of a movement), emergence, rearing one's head, gaining prominence”.
Meanings
- noun, suru verb, intransitive verbrise (e.g. of a movement); emergence; rearing one's head; gaining prominence; coming to the fore; gaining power
Examples
当時の新しい形の民主主義が台頭してきた。
In those days, a new type of democracy was rising.
ロシアはもう１つの超大国として台頭していた。
Russia had emerged as a second superpower.
Sentences from Tatoeba (CC BY 2.0 FR).