Word details
浮く
Meanings, readings, and example sentences for the Japanese word 浮く.
Dictionary
Entry
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
Character notes
Kanji in this Word
浮
floating, float, rise to surface
10 strokesFrequency 776JLPT N2Grade 8
On
フ
Kun
う.くう.かれるう.かぶう.かべる
Nanori
うき
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