うかうか

Japanese

Pronunciation

  • (Tokyo) かうか [úꜜkàùkà] (Atamadaka – [1])[1]
  • IPA(key): [ɯ̟ka̠ɯ̟ka̠]

Adverb

うかうか or ウカウカ • (ukauka

  1. (onomatopoeia) carelessly; inattentively

Verb

うかうかする or ウカウカする • (ukauka surusuru (stem うかうか (ukauka shi), past うかうかした (ukauka shita))

  1. (onomatopoeia) to be careless, inattentive

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References

  1. ^ Matsumura, Akira, editor (2006), 大辞林 [Daijirin] (in Japanese), Third edition, Tokyo: Sanseidō, →ISBN