浮く
うく
to float; to become merry; to be cheerful; to become loose
JLPT N2 Common word
Meanings
Godan verb (-ku), Intransitive
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); to feel out of placeColloquial
- to be frivolous; to be uncertain
All 7 meanings
- to have (time, money, etc.) left over; to be saved (e.g. money)
- to have no basis; to be unreliable
Forms
| Plain | Polite | |
|---|---|---|
| Present | 浮くうく | 浮きますうきます |
| Negative | 浮かないうかない | 浮きませんうきません |
| Past | 浮いたういた | 浮きましたうきました |
| Past negative | 浮かなかったうかなかった | 浮きませんでしたうきませんでした |
| Te-form | 浮いてういて |
|---|---|
| Potential | 浮けるうける |
| Passive | 浮かれるうかれる |
| Causative | 浮かせるうかせる |
| Volitional | 浮こううこう |
| Imperative | 浮けうけ |
| Conditional (ば) | 浮けばうけば |
| Conditional (たら) | 浮いたらういたら |
Example sentences
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Wood floats in water.
石は浮かない。
A stone does not float.
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Wood floats, but iron sinks.
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Oil floats on water.
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A white cloud is floating in the blue summer sky.
More examples (10)
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Particles of dust float in the atmosphere.
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We learned that oil floats on water.
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Then she was floating on her back.
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Tom saw something floating in the pool.
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Yuck, there's a hair floating in the soup.
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He can't even float let alone swim.
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One quality of oil is that it floats on water.
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Thousands of dead fish have been found floating in the lake.
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.
月って、ただ空に浮いているだけのように見えるけど、実際は、とてつもない速さで動いてるんだ。
The moon seems to just hang there in the sky, but in reality it's moving at a terrific speed.