I Love Kanji浮く (uku)
浮く (うく, uku) is a Japanese verb meaning “to float”. It appears in JLPT N2 vocabulary lists and is marked as a common word in JMdict.
- Reading
- うく
- Romaji
- uku
- Word class
- Godan verb (う-verb) ending in く
- Level
- JLPT N2 (unofficial)
Meaning
- to float · godan verb, intransitive
- to become merry; to be cheerful · godan verb, intransitive
- to become loose; to become unsteady · godan verb, intransitive
- to feel out of it; to be cut off (e.g. from those around you); to feel out of place · godan verb, intransitive · colloquial
- to be frivolous; to be uncertain · godan verb, intransitive
Example sentences
若者ばかりのそのコンサート会場で、おじさんの私はすっかり周りから浮いていた。
Being at the concert hall full of young kids made an old duffer like me feel out of tune.
Sentences from the Tatoeba project, linked to this word in JMdict.
Conjugation of 浮く
Godan verb (う-verb) ending in く. Plain and polite forms below; try any other word in the Japanese verb conjugator.
| Form | Japanese | Reading |
|---|---|---|
| Dictionary | 浮く | うく uku |
| Polite (~masu) | 浮きます | うきます ukimasu |
| Negative | 浮かない | うかない ukanai |
| Polite negative | 浮きません | うきません ukimasen |
| Past | 浮いた | ういた uita |
| Polite past | 浮きました | うきました ukimashita |
| Negative past | 浮かなかった | うかなかった ukanakatta |
| Te-form | 浮いて | ういて uite |
| Potential | 浮ける | うける ukeru |
| Passive | 浮かれる | うかれる ukareru |
| Causative | 浮かせる | うかせる ukaseru |
| Volitional | 浮こう | うこう ukou |
| Imperative | 浮け | うけ uke |
| Conditional (~ba) | 浮けば | うけば ukeba |
Kanji in 浮く
Related words
Other vocabulary sharing a kanji with 浮く.
Source: JMdict entry 1497420 (EDRDG, CC BY-SA 4.0). Level: unofficial JLPT list – how levels are assigned.