浮く
うく
uku
JMdict entry #1497420
- Godan verb with 'ku' endingintransitive verb to float
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Godan verb with 'ku' endingintransitive verb
to become merry; to be cheerful
see: 浮かぬ顔
- Godan verb with 'ku' endingintransitive verb to become loose; to become unsteady
- Godan verb with 'ku' endingintransitive verb colloquial to feel out of it; to be cut off (e.g. from those around you); to feel out of place
- Godan verb with 'ku' endingintransitive verb to be frivolous; to be uncertain
- Godan verb with 'ku' endingintransitive verb to have (time, money, etc.) left over; to be saved (e.g. money)
- Godan verb with 'ku' endingintransitive verb to have no basis; to be unreliable
Kanji in this word
Example sentences
彼は浮くことさえできない。まして泳げない。
kare ha uku koto sae deki nai 。 mashite oyoge nai 。
He can't even float let alone swim.
白い雲が夏の青空に浮いている。
shiroi kumo ga natsu no aozora ni ui te iru 。
A white cloud is floating in the blue summer sky.
石油の特質の一つは水に浮くということである。
sekiyu no tokushitsu no hito tsu ha mizu ni uku to iu koto de aru 。
One quality of oil is that it floats on water.
石は浮かない。
ishi ha uka nai 。
A stone does not float.
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。
wakamono bakari no sono konsaato kaijou de 、 oji san no watakushi ha sukkari mawari kara ui te i ta 。
Being at the concert hall full of young kids made an old duffer like me feel out of tune.
私たちは、油が水に浮くことを習った。
watakushi tachi ha 、 abura ga mizu ni uku koto wo naraxtsu ta 。
We learned that oil floats on water.