N21445/1725

浮うく

godan verbgodan verb (archaic)verb (generic)intransitive verbcolloquial

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うく

Meanings

to float
to become merry, to be cheerful
to become loose, to become unsteady
to feel out of it, to be cut off (e.g. from those around you), to feel out of place
to be frivolous, to be uncertain
to have (time, money, etc.) left over, to be saved (e.g. money)
to have no basis, to be unreliable

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Example sentences

木きの葉はが水みずに浮ういている。

A leaf is floating on the water.

彼女かのじょはいつも周まわりから浮ういているような気きがする。

She always feels out of place among those around her.

交通費こうつうひを節約せつやくしたおかげで、今月こんげつは少すこしお金かねが浮ういた。

Thanks to saving on transportation costs, I had a little money left over this month.

ネジが浮ういていて、棚たながぐらぐらしている。

The screw has come loose and the shelf is wobbly.

あの社員しゃいんは真面目まじめな会議かいぎの場ばでも気持きもちが浮うきやすく、周囲しゅういから信頼しんらいを得えられないでいる。

That employee tends to become distracted even in serious meetings, and has been unable to gain the trust of those around them.

Related words

潜るもぐる

to dive (into or under water); to get under, to get into, to get in, to creep into, to crawl under, to bury oneself, to burrow into, to dig oneself into, to snuggle under; to hide oneself (esp. from the government), to conceal oneself, to go underground

上下じょうげ

top and bottom, high and low, above and below, upper and lower ends, up and down; going up and down, rising and falling, fluctuating; going and coming back; upper and lower classes, ruler and ruled, the government and the people; first and second volumes; top and bottom, two-piece (outfit)

突くつく

to prick, to stab; to poke, to prod, to push, to thrust, to nudge, to hit, to strike; to use (a cane), to prop oneself up with, to press against (the floor, etc.); to attack; to brave (the rain, etc.)