浮かぶ
N2うかぶ ukabu
- to float
- to rise to surface
- to come to mind
godan verbintransitive
Chinese meanings
漂浮;浮现;想起
Examples
- 浮かんだと思うとまた沈む。Now it rises, now it sinks.刚以为浮起来了,又沉了下去。
- 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.一片落叶漂浮在水面上。
Use this entry in code
import { getVocabById } from 'kotowa';
getVocabById('155ca82293'); // 浮かぶ
{
"id": "155ca82293",
"word": "浮かぶ",
"reading": "うかぶ",
"romaji": "ukabu",
"meanings": [
"to float",
"to rise to surface",
"to come to mind"
],
"level": "N2",
"pos": [
"v5b",
"vi"
],
"jmdict_id": 1497430,
"examples": [
{
"ja": "浮かんだと思うとまた沈む。",
"furigana": "{浮|う}かんだと{思|おも}うとまた{沈|しず}む。",
"en": "Now it rises, now it sinks.",
"tatoeba_id": 84889
},
{
"ja": "1枚の落ち葉が水面に浮かんでいた。",
"en": "A fallen leaf floated on the surface of the water.",
"tatoeba_id": 235649
}
],
"zh": {
"status": "reviewed",
"source_hash": "686ae467bf609c345e85a4276a3d5ce6a7d9f9cc5263f67a01aca956d4ecda84",
"meanings": [
"漂浮",
"浮现",
"想起"
],
"examples": [
{
"ja": "浮かんだと思うとまた沈む。",
"zh": "刚以为浮起来了,又沉了下去。"
},
{
"ja": "1枚の落ち葉が水面に浮かんでいた。",
"zh": "一片落叶漂浮在水面上。"
}
],
"references": [
"upstream vocab/n2/155ca82293",
"JMdict ent_seq 1497430; local JMdict_e.gz",
"Original Chinese authored and reviewed by Codex; no independent human review"
],
"reviewer": "Codex",
"review_method": "ai",
"reviewed_at": "2026-10-28",
"review_hash": "55d2c2a3e5d763a472dc6e524578b3526c5a0361d0e7581a4ea140dbc62822ac"
}
}