"浮き" meaning in Japanese

See 浮き in All languages combined, or Wiktionary

Noun

IPA: [ɯ̟kʲi] Forms: 浮き [canonical] (ruby: ()), uki [romanization]
Etymology: The 連(れん)用(よう)形(けい) (ren'yōkei, “continuative or stem form”) of verb 浮(う)く (uku, “to float”). Etymology templates: {{ja-r|連%用%形|れん%よう%けい|continuative or stem form}} 連(れん)用(よう)形(けい) (ren'yōkei, “continuative or stem form”), {{ja-r|浮く|うく|to float}} 浮(う)く (uku, “to float”) Head templates: {{ja-noun|うき}} 浮(う)き • (uki)
  1. a float used in fishing
    Sense id: en-浮き-ja-noun-RfIzHzny
  2. a fishnet float
    Sense id: en-浮き-ja-noun-QGFK1UxS
  3. a buoy
    Sense id: en-浮き-ja-noun-BYIzRKY4
  4. a float in a tank or other container, used to determine the level of liquid
    Sense id: en-浮き-ja-noun-YOjvaIx7 Categories (other): Japanese entries with incorrect language header Disambiguation of Japanese entries with incorrect language header: 8 2 9 12 25 24 9 2 10
  5. a float used for safety or rescue, to keep a person from drowning
    Sense id: en-浮き-ja-noun-WiNllj-3 Categories (other): Japanese entries with incorrect language header, Japanese links with redundant alt parameters, Japanese links with redundant wikilinks, Japanese terms with 1 kanji, Japanese terms with redundant sortkeys Disambiguation of Japanese entries with incorrect language header: 8 2 9 12 25 24 9 2 10 Disambiguation of Japanese links with redundant alt parameters: 8 2 13 11 27 13 13 2 9 Disambiguation of Japanese links with redundant wikilinks: 8 3 10 12 29 15 10 3 10 Disambiguation of Japanese terms with 1 kanji: 10 3 16 13 27 7 9 3 11 Disambiguation of Japanese terms with redundant sortkeys: 8 3 14 11 27 16 9 3 9
  6. the areas between the scutes on a tortoiseshell
    Sense id: en-浮き-ja-noun-YgKA-GEG Categories (other): Japanese entries with incorrect language header, Pages with 1 entry, Pages with entries Disambiguation of Japanese entries with incorrect language header: 8 2 9 12 25 24 9 2 10 Disambiguation of Pages with 1 entry: 9 3 12 11 8 38 8 3 10 Disambiguation of Pages with entries: 7 3 10 9 7 46 7 3 8
  7. (Noh theater) singing in a higher tone than the previous melody
    Sense id: en-浮き-ja-noun-ORzja4O3 Categories (other): Japanese terms with non-redundant non-automated sortkeys, Theater
  8. (puppeteer jargon) a boat, a ship
    Sense id: en-浮き-ja-noun-KRM8BcBY
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Derived forms: 浮き袋 (ukibukuro) (ruby: (), (ぶくろ))

Verb

IPA: [ɯ̟kʲi] Forms: 浮き [canonical] (ruby: ()), uki [romanization]
Etymology: The 連(れん)用(よう)形(けい) (ren'yōkei, “continuative or stem form”) of verb 浮(う)く (uku, “to float”). Etymology templates: {{ja-r|連%用%形|れん%よう%けい|continuative or stem form}} 連(れん)用(よう)形(けい) (ren'yōkei, “continuative or stem form”), {{ja-r|浮く|うく|to float}} 浮(う)く (uku, “to float”) Head templates: {{ja-verb form|うき}} 浮(う)き • (uki)
  1. stem or continuative form of 浮く (uku) [godan] Tags: continuative, form-of, stem Form of: 浮く (extra: uku)
    Sense id: en-浮き-ja-verb-3U2GdBea
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Download raw JSONL data for 浮き meaning in Japanese (4.3kB)

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