浮ふ上じょう

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浮上する · noun or participle which takes 'suru'

Form	Positive	Negative
Dictionary	浮ふ上じょうする	浮ふ上じょうしない
Polite	浮ふ上じょうします	浮ふ上じょうしません
Past polite	浮ふ上じょうしました	浮ふ上じょうしませんでした
Past	浮ふ上じょうした	浮ふ上じょうしなかった
Te-form	浮ふ上じょうして	浮ふ上じょうしないで
Desire	浮ふ上じょうしたい	浮ふ上じょうしたくない
Potential	浮ふ上じょうできる	浮ふ上じょうできない
Passive	浮ふ上じょうされる	浮ふ上じょうされない
Causative	浮ふ上じょうさせる	浮ふ上じょうさせない
Causative passive	浮ふ上じょうさせられる	浮ふ上じょうさせられない
Volitional	浮ふ上じょうしよう
Polite volitional	浮ふ上じょうしましょう
Imperative	浮ふ上じょうしろ	浮ふ上じょうするな
Conditional	浮ふ上じょうすれば	浮ふ上じょうしなければ
Tara conditional	浮ふ上じょうしたら	浮ふ上じょうしなかったら

Meanings

noun, noun or participle which takes 'suru', intransitive verb

surfacing; rising to the surface

Literal intransitive use for something moving upward to the surface of water or another medium.

潜せん水すい艦かんがゆっくり海かい面めんに浮ふ上じょうした。
The submarine slowly surfaced.
ダイバーは安あん全ぜんのために時じ間かんをかけて浮ふ上じょうした。
The diver took time to ascend for safety.

noun, noun or participle which takes 'suru', intransitive verb

emerging; coming to prominence; surfacing as an issue or candidate

Figurative use for a person, plan, problem, theory, or possibility becoming visible or important. Common with 候補, 案, 問題, 疑惑, and 可能性.

新あたらしい候こう補ほ者しゃが急きゅうに浮ふ上じょうした。
A new candidate suddenly emerged.
調ちょう査さの結けっ果か、別べつの問もん題だいが浮ふ上じょうした。
As a result of the investigation, another problem surfaced.

noun, noun or participle which takes 'suru', intransitive verb

rising in rank; moving up in the standings

Used when a team, person, stock, topic, or other ranked item moves upward in a ranking or standings. It is not the usual word for job promotion; 昇進 is used for that.

チームは連れん勝しょうして二に位いに浮ふ上じょうした。
The team won several games in a row and rose to second place.
その選せん手しゅは世せ界かいランキングの上じょう位いに浮ふ上じょうした。
That athlete moved up into the top ranks of the world rankings.

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Usage patterns

〈物もの〉が浮ふ上じょうするfor something (e.g. a submarine) to surface
潜せん水すい艦かんが海かい面めんに浮ふ上じょうした。
The submarine surfaced.
〈事こと〉が浮ふ上じょうするfor an issue or suspicion to come to light
新あらたな疑ぎ惑わくが浮ふ上じょうした。
A new suspicion has come to light.
〈人ひと〉が候こう補ほとして浮ふ上じょうするto emerge as a candidate for something
彼かれが次じ期き社しゃ長ちょうの候こう補ほとして浮ふ上じょうした。
He has emerged as a candidate for the next president.
〈数すう〉位いに浮ふ上じょうするto rise to a certain rank or position
チームは一いっ気きに3位いに浮ふ上じょうした。
The team suddenly rose to third place.
低てい迷めいから浮ふ上じょうするto rise up out of a slump
業ぎょう績せきは低てい迷めいから浮ふ上じょうしつつある。
Performance is starting to rise out of its slump.

Kanji

浮floating, float, rise to surface
上above, up

Related words

浮うかび上あがる sense 1
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.
台たい頭とう sense 2
台頭 specifically means rising to power or influence, usually for people or groups, while 浮上 can also describe a problem, plan, or possibility becoming apparent.
昇しょう進しんN2sense 3
昇進 refers strictly to a promotion in job rank, whereas 浮上 is used more broadly for moving up in any ranking or standings.
浮ふ揚よう
浮上 emphasizes the act of rising to the surface or coming into view, while 浮揚 focuses on the state of being lifted or kept afloat.

Opposites

沈ちん没ぼつN1sense 1
沈没 means sinking below the surface, the literal opposite of 浮上's meaning of rising to the surface.
低てい迷めいN1sense 3
低迷 describes staying stuck at a low level or performing poorly, the opposite of 浮上's sense of rising in rank or standing.
潜せん水すいN1
浮上 means to surface or rise up, the direct opposite of 潜水, which means to submerge or go underwater.

Don't confuse with

浮ふ揚よう
浮揚 means buoyancy or an uplift (often used for boosting an economy), while 浮上 more commonly means surfacing or emerging as an issue or ranking change.

Word family· 7

低てい浮ふ上じょう
low social media activity; rarely checking in
再さい浮ふ上じょう
resurfacing; re-emergence
急きゅう浮ふ上じょう
bursting through the surface; suddenly surfacing; rapid ascent · sudden increase (in public interest); surge in attention · fast rise (in rank); rapid promotion
浮ふ上じょう高こう
flying height; head gap
磁じ気き浮ふ上じょう
magnetic levitation; maglev

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緊きん急きゅう浮ふ上じょう
emergency surfacing; emergency ascent
常じょう電でん導どう磁じ気き浮ふ上じょう式しき鉄てつ道どう
non-superconducting maglev train

Etymology

A Sino-Japanese compound written with 浮, associated with floating, and 上, associated with rising or going upward. The spelling transparently matches both the literal and figurative meanings.