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浮き

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Japanese

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Kanji in this term
浮
う
Grade: S
kun'yomi
Alternative spellings
浮子
泛子

Etymology

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The 連(れん)用(よう)形(けい) (ren'yōkei, “continuative or stem form”) of verb 浮(う)く (uku, “to float”).[1][2]

Pronunciation

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Noun

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浮(う)き • (uki) 

  1. a float used in fishing
  2. a fishnet float
  3. a buoy
  4. a float in a tank or other container, used to determine the level of liquid
  5. a float used for safety or rescue, to keep a person from drowning
  6. the areas between the scutes on a tortoiseshell
  7. (Noh theater) singing in a higher tone than the previous melody
  8. (puppeteer jargon) a boat, a ship

Derived terms

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Verb

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浮(う)き • (uki) 

  1. stem or continuative form of 浮く (uku) [godan]

References

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  1. ^ Shōgaku Tosho (1988), 国語大辞典（新装版） [Unabridged Dictionary of Japanese (Revised Edition)] (in Japanese), Tōkyō: Shogakukan, →ISBN
  2. ↑ 2.0 2.1 Matsumura, Akira, editor (2006), 大辞林 [Daijirin] (in Japanese), Third edition, Tokyo: Sanseidō, →ISBN
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