JLPT N2 · Verb

浮ぶ (ukabu)

浮ぶ (うかぶ, ukabu) is a Japanese verb meaning “to float; to be suspended”. It appears in JLPT N2 vocabulary lists and is marked as a common word in JMdict.

Reading: うかぶ
Romaji: ukabu
Word class: Godan verb (う-verb) ending in ぶ
Level: JLPT N2 (unofficial)

Meaning

to float; to be suspended · godan verb, intransitive
to rise to the surface; to appear; to emerge; to show up; to loom (up) · godan verb, intransitive
to come to mind; to have inspiration · godan verb, intransitive

Example sentences

１枚の落ち葉が水面に浮かんでいた。

A fallen leaf floated on the surface of the water.

Tatoeba #235649

浮かんだと思うとまた沈む。

Now it rises, now it sinks.

Tatoeba #84889

２週間新しいプロジェクトについて考えていましたが、よい考えが浮かびませんでした。

I had been thinking about our new project for two weeks, but I couldn't come up with a good idea.

Tatoeba #235475

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

Conjugation of 浮ぶ

Godan verb (う-verb) ending in ぶ. Plain and polite forms below; try any other word in the Japanese verb conjugator.

Form	Japanese	Reading
Dictionary	浮ぶ	うかぶ ukabu
Polite (~masu)	浮びます	うかびます ukabimasu
Negative	浮ばない	うかばない ukabanai
Polite negative	浮びません	うかびません ukabimasen
Past	浮んだ	うかんだ ukanda
Polite past	浮びました	うかびました ukabimashita
Negative past	浮ばなかった	うかばなかった ukabanakatta
Te-form	浮んで	うかんで ukande
Potential	浮べる	うかべる ukaberu
Passive	浮ばれる	うかばれる ukabareru
Causative	浮ばせる	うかばせる ukabaseru
Volitional	浮ぼう	うかぼう ukabou
Imperative	浮べ	うかべ ukabe
Conditional (~ba)	浮べば	うかべば ukabeba

Kanji in 浮ぶ

浮

floating, float, rise to surfaceフ・う.く・う.かれる · 10 strokes

Related words

Other vocabulary sharing a kanji with 浮ぶ.

浮くうくto float浮かべるうかべるto float浮気うわきextramarital sex浮力ふりょくbuoyancy

Source: JMdict entry 1497430 (EDRDG, CC BY-SA 4.0). Level: unofficial JLPT list – how levels are assigned.