JLPT N2 · Verb

浮かべる (ukaberu)

浮かべる (うかべる, ukaberu) is a Japanese verb meaning “to float; to set afloat”. It appears in JLPT N2 vocabulary lists and is marked as a common word in JMdict.

Reading
うかべる
Romaji
ukaberu
Word class
Ichidan verb (る-verb)
Level
JLPT N2 (unofficial)

Meaning

  1. to float; to set afloat; to launch · ichidan verb, transitive
  2. to show on one's face (smile, sadness, etc.) · ichidan verb, transitive
  3. to recall; to call to mind; to imagine; to think of · ichidan verb, transitive

Example sentences

彼は小さな船を水に浮かべている。
He is sailing a little boat on the water.
怪物は残酷な微笑みを浮かべた。
The monster's smile was cruel.

Sentences from the Tatoeba project, linked to this word in JMdict.

Conjugation of 浮かべる

Ichidan verb (る-verb). Plain and polite forms below; try any other word in the Japanese verb conjugator.

FormJapaneseReading
Dictionary浮かべるうかべる ukaberu
Polite (~masu)浮かべますうかべます ukabemasu
Negative浮かべないうかべない ukabenai
Polite negative浮かべませんうかべません ukabemasen
Past浮かべたうかべた ukabeta
Polite past浮かべましたうかべました ukabemashita
Negative past浮かべなかったうかべなかった ukabenakatta
Te-form浮かべてうかべて ukabete
Potential浮かべられるうかべられる ukaberareru
Passive浮かべられるうかべられる ukaberareru
Causative浮かべさせるうかべさせる ukabesaseru
Volitional浮かべよううかべよう ukabeyou
Imperative浮かべろうかべろ ukabero
Conditional (~ba)浮かべればうかべれば ukabereba

Kanji in 浮かべる

Related words

Other vocabulary sharing a kanji with 浮かべる.

Source: JMdict entry 1497360 (EDRDG, CC BY-SA 4.0). Level: unofficial JLPT list – how levels are assigned.