ふわふわ (fuwafuwa)
ふわふわ is a Japanese な-adjective meaning “lightly (floating, drifting, etc.); buoyantly”. It appears in JLPT N2 vocabulary lists and is marked as a common word in JMdict.
- Reading
- ふわふわ
- Romaji
- fuwafuwa
- Word class
- Noun + する (suru verb)
- Level
- JLPT N2 (unofficial)
Meaning
- lightly (floating, drifting, etc.); buoyantly · adverb (taking と), adverb · onomatopoeia / mimetic
- soft; fluffy; spongy · noun taking の, な-adjective, adverb (taking と), adverb, suru verb · onomatopoeia / mimetic
- unsteadily; flightily; fickly; frivolously · adverb (taking と), adverb, suru verb · onomatopoeia / mimetic
Example sentences
孵化後まもないヒナは、産毛が濡れていますが、2時間もすると乾いてフワフワになります。
The down of chicks that have just hatched is damp, but after two hours it dries out and becomes fluffy.
Sentences from the Tatoeba project, linked to this word in JMdict.
Conjugation of ふわふわ
Noun + する (suru verb). Plain and polite forms below; try any other word in the Japanese verb conjugator.
| Form | Japanese | Reading |
|---|---|---|
| Dictionary | ふわふわする | ふわふわする fuwafuwasuru |
| Polite (~masu) | ふわふわします | ふわふわします fuwafuwashimasu |
| Negative | ふわふわしない | ふわふわしない fuwafuwashinai |
| Polite negative | ふわふわしません | ふわふわしません fuwafuwashimasen |
| Past | ふわふわした | ふわふわした fuwafuwashita |
| Polite past | ふわふわしました | ふわふわしました fuwafuwashimashita |
| Negative past | ふわふわしなかった | ふわふわしなかった fuwafuwashinakatta |
| Te-form | ふわふわして | ふわふわして fuwafuwashite |
| Potential | ふわふわできる | ふわふわできる fuwafuwadekiru |
| Passive | ふわふわされる | ふわふわされる fuwafuwasareru |
| Causative | ふわふわさせる | ふわふわさせる fuwafuwasaseru |
| Volitional | ふわふわしよう | ふわふわしよう fuwafuwashiyou |
| Imperative | ふわふわしろ | ふわふわしろ fuwafuwashiro |
| Conditional (~ba) | ふわふわすれば | ふわふわすれば fuwafuwasureba |
Source: JMdict entry 1113060 (EDRDG, CC BY-SA 4.0). Level: unofficial JLPT list – how levels are assigned.