浮うく

godan verb (-ku), intransitive verb

float; stay afloat

Basic intransitive use: something is on or in a liquid, air, etc. without sinking.

• 木この葉はが池いけに浮ういている。

  A leaf is floating on the pond.

• 氷こおりは水みずに浮うく。

  Ice floats on water.

godan verb (-ku), intransitive verb

come loose; lift away; become unsteady

Used when something that should be fixed or flush with a surface has lifted, loosened, or become unstable.

• 湿しっ気けで壁かべ紙がみの端はしが浮ういてきた。

  The edge of the wallpaper has started to lift because of the humidity.

• 古ふるい床ゆか板いたが少すこし浮ういている。

  The old floorboard is a little loose.

godan verb (-ku), intransitive verb

feel out of place; be socially isolated; not fit in

Colloquial figurative use for a person or thing that does not blend in with the surrounding group, atmosphere, or setting.

• 転てん校こうしたばかりで、クラスで少すこし浮ういている。

  Since I just transferred schools, I feel a little out of place in class.

• その派は手でな服ふくは会かい議ぎでは浮ういていた。

  Those flashy clothes looked out of place at the meeting.

godan verb (-ku), intransitive verb

be cheerful; be in good spirits

A mood-related use, especially familiar in negative fixed expressions such as 浮かない顔 and 浮かぬ顔, meaning a gloomy or downcast face.

See also: 浮かぬ顔

• 試し験けんに落おちて、彼かれは浮うかぬ顔かおをしていた。

  After failing the exam, he had a gloomy look on his face.

godan verb (-ku), intransitive verb

be saved; be left over; be freed up

Used with money, time, expenses, effort, etc. when something is saved or becomes available because it was not spent or used.

• 自じ転てん車しゃで行いったので、電でん車しゃ代だいが浮ういた。

  Because I went by bicycle, I saved the train fare.

• 会かい議ぎが早はやく終おわって、一いち時じ間かん浮ういた。

  The meeting ended early, so an hour freed up.

godan verb (-ku), intransitive verb

frivolous or amorous; groundless; unreliable

Mostly seen in attributive forms such as 浮いた + noun. Depending on the collocation, it can suggest light or frivolous romantic gossip, or something lacking a firm basis; the baseless or unreliable shade is less common as a standalone modern predicate.

• 彼かれには浮ういた話はなしがほとんどない。

  There is hardly any romantic gossip about him.

• 証しょう拠このない浮ういたうわさを信しんじてはいけない。

  You should not believe groundless rumors with no evidence.