JLPT N2 · な-adjective

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

  1. lightly (floating, drifting, etc.); buoyantly · adverb (taking と), adverb · onomatopoeia / mimetic
  2. soft; fluffy; spongy · noun taking の, な-adjective, adverb (taking と), adverb, suru verb · onomatopoeia / mimetic
  3. 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.

FormJapaneseReading
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.