Illustration: On an apartment balcony, a child peers sideways through a clear washing tub filled with water. A chunky wooden block floats at the surface, partly submerged, while a smooth pebble lies plainly on the bottom.

JLPT N2verbLevel estimated by Bebop

浮うく

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to float

Example sentences

  1. それから彼女かのじょはあおむけに浮ういていた。

    Then she was floating on her back.

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  2. 木きは水みずに浮うく。

    Wood floats in water.

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  3. 石いしは浮うかない。

    A stone does not float.

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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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