浮
浮

floating, float, rise to surface

10 strokesFrequency 776JLPT N2Grade 8

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Kun

う.くう.かれるう.かぶう.かべる

Nanori

うき

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Common Words

浮かべる浮べる泛かべるうかべる泛べるTransitiveIchidan verbFreq #1331
1

to float; to set afloat; to launch

Examples
彼は小さな船を水に浮かべている。
He is sailing a little boat on the water.
2

to show on one's face (smile, sadness, etc.)

Examples
怪物は残酷な微笑みを浮かべた。
The monster's smile was cruel.
3

to recall; to call to mind; to imagine; to think of

浮かぶ浮ぶうかぶ泛ぶ泛かぶIntransitiveGodan verbFreq #1396
1

to float; to be suspended

Examples
１枚の落ち葉が水面に浮かんでいた。
A fallen leaf floated on the surface of the water.
2

to rise to the surface; to appear; to emerge; to show up; to loom (up)

Examples
浮かんだと思うとまた沈む。
Now it rises, now it sinks.
3

to come to mind; to have inspiration

Examples
２週間新しいプロジェクトについて考えていましたが、よい考えが浮かびませんでした。
I had been thinking about our new project for two weeks, but I couldn't come up with a good idea.
浮くうくIntransitiveGodan verbFreq #2248
1

to float

Examples
それから彼女はあおむけに浮いていた。
Then she was floating on her back.
2

to become merry; to be cheerful

3

to become loose; to become unsteady

4

Colloquial

to feel out of it; to be cut off (e.g. from those around you); to feel out of place

Examples
若者ばかりのそのコンサート会場で、おじさんの私はすっかり周りから浮いていた。
Being at the concert hall full of young kids made an old duffer like me feel out of tune.
5

to be frivolous; to be uncertain

6

to have (time, money, etc.) left over; to be saved (e.g. money)

7

to have no basis; to be unreliable

浮かび上がる浮かびあがる浮び上がる浮びあがる浮かび上る浮び上るうかび上がるうかびあがるIntransitiveGodan verbFreq #3966
1

to rise to the surface

Examples
その木は空にくっきりと浮かび上がっていた。
The tree was clearly defined against the sky.
2

to come to the front; to emerge (e.g. from obscurity)

3

to stand out (e.g. against a dark background)

思い浮かべるおもいうかべるTransitiveIchidan verbFreq #4462
1

to remember; to recall; to call to mind

Examples
家族のことを思い浮かべるといえが恋しくなる。
I feel homesick when I remember my family.
2

to imagine; to picture in one's mind; to visualize

Examples
彼はその詩を読んでアルカデイアを心の中に思い浮かべた。
He conjured up Arcadia reading the poem.
浮気うわき上気Noun～な Adj.Intransitive～する VerbFreq #4822
1

extramarital sex; affair; fooling around

Examples
彼は決して浮気をしなかった。
He was always faithful to his wife.
2

infidelity; wantonness; unfaithfulness; inconstancy; fickleness; caprice

Examples
彼女は浮気な女で本当に誰でも相手にする。
She is a loose woman and will honestly go with anyone.
浮かれるうかれるIntransitiveIchidan verbFreq #5170
1

to make merry; to be festive

Examples
パーティーでみんな浮かれている。
The party puts everyone in high spirits.
思い浮かぶおもいうかぶGodan verbFreq #5272
1

to occur to; to remind of; to come to mind

Examples
これを言い表す適当な言葉が思い浮かびません。
The right word for this does not come to me.
浮利ふりNounFreq #6088
1

easy money; quick profit

頭に浮かぶあたまにうかぶExpressionIntransitiveGodan verbFreq #7110
1

to come to mind; to pop into one's head

Examples
いい考えが頭に浮かんだ。
A good idea came into my head.
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