浮き

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Japanese[edit]

Kanji in this term
浮
う
Grade: S
kun’yomi

Alternative forms[edit]

Etymology[edit]

The 連用形 (ren'yōkei, “continuative or stem form”) of verb 浮く (uku, “to float”).[1][2]

Pronunciation[edit]

Noun[edit]

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 tortoise shell
  7. (Noh theater) singing in a higher tone than the previous melody
  8. (puppeteer jargon) a boat, a ship

Derived terms[edit]

References[edit]

  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 (in Japanese), Third edition, Tōkyō: Sanseidō, →ISBN
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