Definition of うかせい
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(v5k, vi) to float
それから彼女はあおむけに浮いていた。
Then she was floating on her back. - to become merry; to be cheerful
- to become loose; to become unsteady
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to feel out of it; to be cut off (e.g. from those around you); to feel out of place
若者ばかりのそのコンサート会場でおじさんのわたしはすっかりまわりから浮いていた。
Being at the concert hall full of young kids made an old duffer like me feel out of tune. - to be frivolous; to be uncertain
- to have no basis; to be unreliable
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(v1, vi) to be (of animate objects); to exist
民主主義に対する信頼をなくした者もいる。
Some have lost faith in democracy. -
to stay
おかげで元気にしております。
They're all fine, thank you. -
(v1, aux-v) (after the -te form of a verb) verb indicating continuing action or state (i.e. to be ..ing, to have been ..ing)
すっかり食べ終わってはいない。
I haven't quite finished eating.
- (v5r) to set beyond the Western horizon (i.e. the sun)