浮かぶ

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Japanese

Kanji in this term
浮
う
Grade: S
kun'yomi
Alternative spelling
浮ぶ

Pronunciation

  • Tokyo pitch accent of conjugated forms of 「浮かぶ」
Source: Online Japanese Accent Dictionary
Stem forms
Terminal (終止形)
Attributive (連体形) 		浮かぶ うかぶ
Imperative (命令形) 浮かべ うかべ
Key constructions
Passive 浮かばれる うかばれる
Causative 浮かばせる うかばせる
Potential 浮かべる うかべる
Volitional 浮かぼう うかぼー
Negative 浮かばない うかばない
Negative perfective 浮かばなかった うかばなかった
Formal 浮かびます うかびます
Perfective 浮かんだ うかんだ
Conjunctive 浮かんで うかんで
Hypothetical conditional 浮かべば うかべば

Verb

浮(う)かぶ • (ukabu) godan (stem 浮(う)かび (ukabi), past 浮(う)かんだ (ukanda))

Japanese verb pair
active 浮かべる
mediopassive 浮かぶ
  1. float
  2. (of an idea) to present itself, come to mind

Conjugation

Conjugation of "浮かぶ" (See Appendix:Japanese verbs.)
Katsuyōkei ("stem forms")
Mizenkei ("imperfective") 浮かば うかば ukaba
Ren’yōkei ("continuative") 浮かび うかび ukabi
Shūshikei ("terminal") 浮かぶ うかぶ ukabu
Rentaikei ("attributive") 浮かぶ うかぶ ukabu
Kateikei ("hypothetical") 浮かべ うかべ ukabe
Meireikei ("imperative") 浮かべ うかべ ukabe
Key constructions
Passive 浮かばれる うかばれる ukabareru
Causative 浮かばせる
浮かばす 		うかばせる
うかばす 		ukabaseru
ukabasu
Potential 浮かべる うかべる ukaberu
Volitional 浮かぼう うかぼう ukabō
Negative 浮かばない うかばない ukabanai
Negative continuative 浮かばず うかばず ukabazu
Formal 浮かびます うかびます ukabimasu
Perfective 浮かんだ うかんだ ukanda
Conjunctive 浮かんで うかんで ukande
Hypothetical conditional 浮かべば うかべば ukabeba
Classical conjugation of "浮かぶ" (バ行四段活用, see Appendix:Japanese verbs.)
Stem forms
Irrealis (未然形) 浮かば うかば ukaba
Continuative (連用形) 浮かび うかび ukabi
Terminal (終止形) 浮かぶ うかぶ ukabu
Attributive (連体形) 浮かぶ うかぶ ukabu
Realis (已然形) 浮かべ うかべ ukabe
Imperative (命令形) 浮かべ うかべ ukabe
Key constructions
Negative 浮かばず うかばず ukabazu
Contrasting conjunction 浮かべど うかべど ukabedo
Causal conjunction 浮かべば うかべば ukabeba
Conditional conjunction 浮かばば うかばば ukababa
Past tense (firsthand knowledge) 浮かびき うかびき ukabiki
Past tense (secondhand knowledge) 浮かびけり うかびけり ukabikeri
Perfect tense (conscious action) 浮かびつ うかびつ ukabitu
Perfect tense (natural event) 浮かびぬ うかびぬ ukabinu
Perfect-continuative tense 浮かべり
浮かびたり		 うかべり
うかびたり		 ukaberi
ukabitari
Volitional 浮かばむ うかばむ ukabamu
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