Illustration: In a family bathroom, a child has just released a hollow bath toy after pushing it beneath the water. The toy shoots upward, its rounded head breaking through the surface while its lower half remains visibly underwater.

JLPT N1verbLevel estimated by Bebop

浮うかび上あがる

ukabiagaru

to rise to the surface

Example sentences

  1. 彼かれの頭あたまが海面かいめんに浮うかび上あがった。

    His head broke the surface.

    Tatoeba · CC BY 2.0 FR · Source

  2. 彼かれは水みずに飛とび込こんでから息いきをしようとして水面すいめんに浮うかび上あがってきた。

    He dived into the water and came up for air.

    Tatoeba · CC BY 2.0 FR · Source

  3. そのとき力ちからをこめて命綱いのちづなをひけば、海上かいじょうの人々ひとびとによって命綱いのちづながひきあげられ、海女あまは海上かいじょうに浮うかび上あがった。

    She tugged hard at her lifeline and those above the sea pulled up the rope, and the diver floated to the surface.

    KFTT corpus (NICT), Wikipedia · CC BY-SA 3.0 · Source

Kanji in 浮上

  • 浮floating; floatOnフKunうく・うかれる・うかぶ
  • 上above; upOnジョウ・ショウ・シャンKunうえ・うわ-・あげる

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