Meaning of うきん in Japanese

It seems that your search contains the following:

うき

  1. Words

Definition of うきん

  1. (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.

  2. to become merry; to be cheerful →Related words: 浮かぬ顔
  3. to become loose; to become unsteady
  4. 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.

  5. to be frivolous; to be uncertain
  6. to have no basis; to be unreliable
(n)
  1. (int) used to express approval, especially in slurred or unclear speech (abbr. of interjection "un")
  2. negative verb ending used in informal speech (abbr. of negative verb ending "nu") →Related words:
  3. abbr. of particle "no"
  4. abbr. of particle "ni" (used especially when it precedes the verb "naru") →Related words:

Words related to うきん

Back to top