浮

Genetics

genetic drift

this transient world

Proverb

life has its ups and downs; he who falls today may rise tomorrow

flotation (mineral processing method)

flotation method (mineral processing)

Asian watermeal (Wolffia globosa)

Botany

floating-leaved plant; floating plant

suspended solids

Medicine

angioedema

Organization name

Japan Ukiyo-e Society

Historical term; Art, aesthetics

ukiyo-e; ukiyoe; Edo-period woodblock print

Historical term

ukiyo-zōshi; Edo-period genre of literature depicting everyday life of the merchant class

Rare term

plastic toy (e.g. fish) suspended in a sealed glass tube filled with fluid; toy for use in the bath

Rare term

gibbous duckweed (Lemna gibba); swollen duckweed; fat duckweed

Rare term

frivolity; superficiality; fickleness; lack of substance

Rare term

gaining (in prestige, etc.) from being named in a love rumor

Rare term

lifebuoy

Rare term

lifebuoy

floating; drifting; suspension

Archaic

wandering (about)

浮き名／浮名 only

rumour (of a love affair); rumor; romance; scandal

Archaic

bad reputation

carelessly; thoughtlessly; inadvertently

waste of money; extravagance

Ama no Ukihashi; the heavenly floating bridge by which gods are said to descend from the heavens to the earth

woman who played music, danced and worked as a prostitute; good-time girl