Illustration: At a neighborhood summer festival, a young adult carrying a small prize fish begins an impromptu little dance beside the scooping stall. Their shoulders bounce, one heel kicks up, and their delighted grin is directed toward friends rather than toward the path ahead.

JLPT N1verbLevel estimated by Bebop

浮うかれる

ukareru

to be in high spirits

Example sentences

  1. パーティーでみんな浮うかれている。

    The party puts everyone in high spirits.

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  2. なんでみんなそんなに浮うかれてるの?

    Why is everyone so excited?

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  3. 花はなに浮うかれて踊おどっている。

    They are dancing, intoxicated with the beauty of cherry blossoms.

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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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