- godan verb, intransitive to float
- to become merry; to be cheerful
- to become loose; to become unsteady
- colloquial to feel out of it; to be cut off (e.g. from those around you); to feel out of place
- to be frivolous; to be uncertain
- to have (time, money, etc.) left over; to be saved (e.g. money)
- to have no basis; to be unreliable
浮く
うく
to float
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In sentences
木は水に浮く。 Wood floats in water. #80087
石は浮かない。 A stone does not float. #142346
木は浮くが鉄は沈む。 Wood floats, but iron sinks. #80086
油は水に浮く性質がある。 Oil floats on water. #79451
パーティーでみんな浮かれている。 The party puts everyone in high spirits. #198513
白い雲が夏の青空に浮いている。 A white cloud is floating in the blue summer sky. #121429
彼は高熱に浮かされているようだ。 He seems delirious with a high fever. #107278
細かなほこりが空中に浮いている。 Particles of dust float in the atmosphere. #170283