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浮く

うく

Readings

うく

Meanings

  1. 1.
    v5k, vito float
  2. 2.
    v5k, vito become merry; to be cheerful
  3. 3.
    v5k, vito become loose; to become unsteady
  4. 4.
    v5k, vito feel out of it; to be cut off (e.g. from those around you); to feel out of place
  5. 5.
    v5k, vito be frivolous; to be uncertain
  6. 6.
    v5k, vito have (time, money, etc.) left over; to be saved (e.g. money)
  7. 7.
    v5k, vito have no basis; to be unreliable

Kanji breakdown

浮
N410 strokesGrade 8

Example sentences

それから彼女はあおむけに浮いていた。

Then she was floating on her back.

若者ばかりのそのコンサート会場で、おじさんの私はすっかり周りから浮いていた。

Being at the concert hall full of young kids made an old duffer like me feel out of tune.

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浮くうく

to float; to become merry; to be cheerful; to become loose; to become unsteady; to feel out of it; to be cut off (e.g. from those around you)

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