泡

Meaning

泡 centers on small pockets of gas in liquid: bubbles, foam, suds, or froth. All meanings describe the same airy, transient formations.

• 泡あわ
  N3

  bubble; foam; froth; suds; lather; head (on beer)

• 発泡はっぽう

  foaming

• 気泡きほう

  (air) bubble (esp. in a liquid)

• 泡盛あわもり

  awamori; strong Okinawan liquor distilled from rice or millet

• 泡沫うたかた

  bubble on surface of liquid

• 発泡スチロールはっぽうスチロール

  styrofoam; styrene foam; expanded polystyrene

• 水の泡みずのあわ

  bubble on the surface of water

• 泡立つあわだつ

  to bubble; to foam; to froth

• 水泡すいほう

  foam; bubble

• 泡立ちあわだち

  foaming; frothing; lathering

• 一泡ひとあわ

  blow; shock

• 泡立てるあわだてる

  to beat (e.g. eggs); to whip (e.g. cream); to whisk; to lather

• 一泡吹かせるひとあわふかせる

  to give someone a surprise; to catch off guard and fluster; to frustrate (e.g. someone's plans); to give someone a blow; to scare the hell out of

• 卵泡立て器たまごあわだてき

  egg beater

• 口角泡こうかくあわ

  frothing at the mouth

• 口角泡を飛ばすこうかくあわをとばす

  to engage in a heated discussion

• 夢幻泡影むげんほうよう

  a dream, an illusion, a bubble, a shadow (metaphor for the transience of life)

• 夢幻泡沫むげんほうまつ

  transient; ephemeral; fleeting; evanescent

• 大泡立草おおあわだちそう

  giant goldenrod (Solidago gigantea var. leiophylla); late goldenrod

• 微発泡びはっぽう

  slightly sparkling; slightly fizzy

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