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浮かび上がる · godan verb (-ru)

Form	Positive	Negative
Dictionary	浮うかび上あがる	浮うかび上あがらない
Polite	浮うかび上あがります	浮うかび上あがりません
Past polite	浮うかび上あがりました	浮うかび上あがりませんでした
Past	浮うかび上あがった	浮うかび上あがらなかった
Te-form	浮うかび上あがって	浮うかび上あがらないで
Desire	浮うかび上あがりたい	浮うかび上あがりたくない
Potential	浮うかび上あがれる	浮うかび上あがれない
Passive	浮うかび上あがられる	浮うかび上あがられない
Causative	浮うかび上あがらせる	浮うかび上あがらせない
Causative passive	浮うかび上あがらせられるalso 浮うかび上あがらされる	浮うかび上あがらせられないalso 浮うかび上あがらされない
Volitional	浮うかび上あがろう
Polite volitional	浮うかび上あがりましょう
Imperative	浮うかび上あがれ	浮うかび上あがるな
Conditional	浮うかび上あがれば	浮うかび上あがらなければ
Tara conditional	浮うかび上あがったら	浮うかび上あがらなかったら

Meanings

godan verb (-ru), intransitive verb

Physical movement upward through water or another medium; also used for things becoming visible from below.

godan verb (-ru), intransitive verb

come to the fore; emerge; surface

Figurative use: a person, issue, or fact becomes prominent or publicly known after being hidden or obscure.

godan verb (-ru), intransitive verb

stand out; be highlighted; show up clearly

Visual contrast: something appears distinctly against a background, often used for silhouettes or highlighted details.

〈物もの〉が水すい面めんに浮うかび上あがるfor something to rise up to the surface of the water
潜せん水すい艇ていが海かい面めんに浮うかび上あがった。
The submarine rose to the surface of the sea.
〈事こと〉が浮うかび上あがるfor a hidden fact or problem to come to light
新あらたな疑ぎ惑わくが浮うかび上あがった。
A new suspicion came to light.
〈人ひと〉が〈事こと〉として浮うかび上あがるfor a person to emerge as a candidate, suspect, or key figure
彼かれが次じ期き社しゃ長ちょうとして浮うかび上あがった。
He emerged as the candidate for next president.
〈場ば所しょ〉に浮うかび上あがるto stand out visibly against a dark or plain background
月つき明あかりに山やまの輪りん郭かくが浮うかび上あがった。
The mountain's outline stood out clearly in the moonlight.

浮うかぶN3sense 1
浮かぶ is the simple base verb for 'to float' or 'come to mind', while 浮かび上がる adds the sense of actively rising upward or becoming prominent.
現あらわれるN3sense 2
現れる is a general word for 'appear' or 'come out', whereas 浮かび上がる specifically emphasizes emerging from below or from obscurity into view.
判はん明めいN1sense 2
判明する means a fact 'turns out to be true' after investigation, while 浮かび上がる paints the more vivid image of a fact surfacing from hiding.
際きわ立だつN1sense 3
際立つ focuses purely on standing out by contrast, while 浮かび上がる keeps the nuance of something emerging visibly, often against a dark background.
浮ふ上じょう
浮かび上がる is a native Japanese verb for floating up or becoming visible, while 浮上 is the more formal Sino-Japanese noun/する-verb often seen in news and reports.

沈しずむN3sense 1
沈む means to sink below the surface, the direct opposite of 浮かび上がる's sense of rising up to the surface.

浮うき上あがる sense 1
浮き上がる usually describes something physically lifting or peeling off a surface (like paint), while 浮かび上がる implies rising through a liquid or emerging from obscurity into visibility.

浮うかび上あがるUsage66%
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浮うかびあがるUsage21%
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うかびあがるUsage3%
浮うかび上あがるUsage3%
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浮うかび上あがるUsage3%
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浮うかび上あがるUsage2%
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浮うかびあがるUsage1%
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うかび上あがるUsage<1%
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Compound of 浮かび (continuative form of 浮かぶ 'to float') + 上がる 'to rise'. The combination emphasizes upward movement or emergence.