浮

Meaning

浮 centers on the idea of buoyancy and lightness: something that floats on a surface, rises upward, or has a carefree, elevated mood.

• 浮気うわき
  N1

  extramarital sex; affair; fooling around

• 浮かぶうかぶ
  N3

  to float; to be suspended

• 浮くうく
  N3

  to float

• 浮上ふじょう

  surfacing; rising to the surface

• 浮かべるうかべる
  N2

  to float; to set afloat; to launch

• 浮遊ふゆう

  floating; drifting; suspension

• 浮きうき

  floating; buoyancy

• 浮かれるうかれる
  N1

  to make merry; to be festive

• 浮腫むくみ

  swelling; edema; oedema; dropsy

• 浮き彫りうきぼり

  relief; embossed carving

• 浮世絵うきよえ

  ukiyo-e; ukiyoe; Edo-period woodblock print

• 思い浮かべるおもいうかべる
  N2

  to remember; to recall; to call to mind

• 浮浪ふろう

  vagrancy; vagabondage; wander around

• 浮かび上がるうかびあがる

  to rise to the surface

• 浮世うきよ

  fleeting life; this transient world; floating world

• 浮動ふどう

  floating

• 浮き沈みうきしずみ

  ups and downs; bobbing up and down; rising and falling; ebbing and flowing

• 浮力ふりょく
  N1

  buoyancy; floating power

• 浮かすうかす

  to float

• 浮揚ふよう

  floating (e.g. in air, water); floatation; buoyancy; buoying up (e.g. economy)

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