Translation guide
The process of floating or the act of causing something to float, often used in technical or financial contexts.
The act or process of floating on a liquid or being buoyant.
General term for floating or drifting, used for objects suspended in liquid or air.
The process of offering a company's shares for sale on a stock market for the first time.
A method of separating minerals by using water and chemicals to make some particles float.
There is a lot of floating trash in the river.
Buoyancy; the upward force that keeps things afloat. Often used in physics.
Thanks to buoyancy, the ship doesn't sink.
Surfacing or rising to the surface, often used for submarines or objects coming up from underwater.
The submarine surfaced.
Initial public offering (IPO); making shares available to the public.
The company plans to go public next month.
More formal term for IPO, often abbreviated as IPO in Japanese business contexts.
The IPO process has been completed.
Froth flotation; a technical term used in mining and mineral processing.
Froth flotation is used in copper refining.
Abbreviation of 浮遊選鉱, common in mining industry jargon.
Ore is separated by flotation.