浮かぶ
うかぶ
Also written 泛ぶ
Meanings
- Godan verb, Intransitive to float; to be suspended
- to rise to the surface; to appear; to emerge; to show up; to loom (up)
- to come to mind; to have inspiration
Kanji
- 浮 float. Read as うかぶ.
Example sentences
- 空に浮かぶ雲が美しい。
The clouds floating in the sky are beautiful. - 気球が空に浮かんでいた。
A balloon was floating in the air. - 奇抜な考えがふと心に浮かんだ。
A novel idea occurred to me. - 学生のころの事が頭に浮かんでくる。
Memories of my college days come to my mind. - 花びらが水面に浮かんでいる。
The petals are floating on the water.
Common phrases
- 海に浮かぶ
- アイデアが浮かぶ
- 頭に浮かぶ (あたまにうかぶ) to come to mind
- 空に浮かぶ
- 水面に浮かぶ
- 顔が浮かぶ
- 空中に浮かぶ
- 沖に浮かぶ
- 沖合に浮かぶ
- 情景が浮かぶ
- 海上に浮かぶ
- 夜空に浮かぶ
- 心に浮かぶ (こころにうかぶ) to cross one's mind
- 目に浮かぶ (めにうかぶ) to picture
- 脳裏に浮かぶ (のうりにうかぶ) to cross one's mind
Related forms
- 浮かべる (うかべる) to float (transitive partner)