浮き

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

Alternative forms
  • 浮子 (less common), 泛子 (less common)

Etymology

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

Pronunciation

Noun

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

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