Illustration: After rain, a child crouches beside a broad puddle in the paved courtyard of an apartment building. A folded paper boat floats freely near the middle, its lower hull touching the water while its pointed sides remain dry.

JLPT N2verbLevel estimated by Bebop

浮うかぶ

ukabu

to float

Example sentences

空そらに浮うかぶ雲くもが美うつくしい。
The clouds floating in the sky are beautiful.
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１枚まいの落おち葉ばが水面すいめんに浮うかんでいた。
A fallen leaf floated on the surface of the water.
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船ふねが波なみに浮うかんでいた。
The ship rode over the waves.
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Kanji in 浮

浮floating; floatOnフKunうく・うかれる・うかぶ

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