浮気 (うわき) Japanese meaning | Kotomora

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浮気する · noun or participle which takes 'suru'

Form	Positive	Negative
Dictionary	浮気うわきする	浮気うわきしない
Polite	浮気うわきします	浮気うわきしません
Past polite	浮気うわきしました	浮気うわきしませんでした
Past	浮気うわきした	浮気うわきしなかった
Te-form	浮気うわきして	浮気うわきしないで
Desire	浮気うわきしたい	浮気うわきしたくない
Potential	浮気うわきできる	浮気うわきできない
Passive	浮気うわきされる	浮気うわきされない
Causative	浮気うわきさせる	浮気うわきさせない
Causative passive	浮気うわきさせられる	浮気うわきさせられない
Volitional	浮気うわきしよう
Polite volitional	浮気うわきしましょう
Imperative	浮気うわきしろ	浮気うわきするな
Conditional	浮気うわきすれば	浮気うわきしなければ
Tara conditional	浮気うわきしたら	浮気うわきしなかったら

Meanings

noun, na-adjective, noun or participle which takes 'suru', intransitive verb

affair; cheating; extramarital sex

Refers specifically to romantic or sexual infidelity, especially within a committed relationship or marriage. Often used in the phrase 浮気をする.

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Kanji

浮floating, float, rise to surface
気spirit, mind, air
上above, up

Related words

不ふ倫りん sense 1
不倫 specifically means adultery with a stronger moral or legal weight, while 浮気 more broadly covers any cheating or fickle affection, even outside marriage.
移うつり気ぎ sense 2
移り気 stresses the act of one's interests or affections shifting from one thing to another, whereas 浮気 often carries a lighter, more frivolous connotation of inconstancy.
よろめくN1
浮気する directly means to cheat on a partner, while よろめく is a softer, more literary way of describing being tempted into an affair.
手てをつけるN2
浮気する directly means to cheat or have an affair, while 手をつける is a softer, euphemistic way to hint at the same illicit relationship.

Opposites

一途いちず sense 2
一途 describes being single-mindedly devoted to one person or goal, the opposite of the fickle, easily-distracted nature implied by 浮気.
貞てい節せつ sense 1
貞節 means marital fidelity and chastity, standing in direct contrast to 浮気's meaning of cheating on a partner.

Don't confuse with

二ふた股また sense 1
二股 means secretly dating two people at once, while 浮気 is cheating on an existing partner with someone else, so the situations overlap but aren't identical.
気きが多おおいN2
浮気 specifically means cheating on a partner, while 気が多い just describes a fickle personality with many interests, not necessarily infidelity.

Word family

浮うわ気き女おんな
adulteress; unfaithful woman
浮うわ気き心ごころ
cheating heart; temptation to cheat
浮うわ気き性しょう
philandering nature; flirtatious disposition
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Written forms

浮うわ気きUsage100%
Standard kanji spelling. The character 浮 suggests 'floating' or 'fickle', and 気 means 'spirit' or 'mind'.
ウワキUsage<1%
上うわ気き
out-dated kanji form
Out-dated kanji usage; rarely used in modern Japanese. Included for recognition of historical texts.

Etymology

Compound of 浮 (uwa, 'floating, fickle') + 気 (ki, 'spirit, mind'). The reading uwa is a variant of uki. The word originally described a light, changeable heart, later narrowing to romantic infidelity.

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