浮く

verb (godan)うく · uku

1. Englishto 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. Englishto become merry; to be cheerful

3. Englishto become loose; to become unsteady

4. Englishto 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、おじさんの私はすっかり周りから浮いていた。Being at the concert hall full of young kids made an old duffer like me feel out of tune.

5. Englishto be frivolous; to be uncertain

6. Englishto have (time, money, etc.) left over; to be saved (e.g. money)

7. Englishto have no basis; to be unreliable

Source: JMdict (EDRDG) · CC BY-SA 4.0 (EDRDG)