Word Meaning 浮き
浮き is read as うき (uki) and means buoy.
Meaning
English
- buoy
- fishing float
- bobber
- floating
- buoyancy
- lifebuoy
- life belt
- float
Reading
Kana
うき
Romaji
uki
Writing Variants
- 浮子 うき uki
- 泛子 うき uki
Stroke Sequence
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Related Vocabulary
Max. 12Example Sentences
7人生には浮き沈みがつきものだ。
Life is full of ups and downs.
初めての試合で緊張からか浮き足立っていた。
During my first match, I was on edge and fidgety, probably because I was so nervous.
この国で、我々は一つの国として、一つの国民として浮き沈みをするのだ。
In this country, we rise or fall as one nation, as one people.
生え抜きのベテラン選手はチームの浮き沈みを経験しているせいか落ちついてる。
Perhaps due to his experience of the team's vicissitudes, the long-time veteran was unperturbed.
死亡事例が19件と全体の20%を超えており、過労死の深刻な実態が浮き彫りになった。
With 19 cases of death forming over 20% of the whole, the grave reality of overwork-deaths has been thrown into relief.
産科医に加え、助産師も不足と我が国の産科医療が極めて深刻な状況にあることが改めて浮き彫りになった。
With a shortage of midwives added to that of obstetricians it has become clear all over again that our country's obstetric care is in an extremely grave situation.
宇宙飛行士は重力を感じないので、どんな方向にも寝ることができる。しかし、体が浮き上がって何かに衝突してしまわないように自分の身を固定しなくてはいけない。
Astronauts are weightless and can sleep in any orientation. However, they have to attach themselves so they don't float around and bump into something.