浮け

Japanese

Etymology

Kanji in this term
浮
う
Grade: S
kun'yomi
Alternative spellings
浮子
泛子

The 連用形 (ren'yōkei, “continuative or stem form”) of verb 浮ける (ukeru, “to make something float”).[1][2]

Pronunciation

  • (Tokyo) うけ [ùké] (Heiban – [0])
  • IPA(key): [ɯ̟ke̞]

Noun

浮(う)け • (uke) 

  1. a float used in fishing
  2. a fishnet float
  3. a float used for safety or rescue, to keep a person from drowning

Derived terms

  • 浮子(うけ)船(ぶね) (ukebune): a boat left attached to the line of a fishing net to show the location

Verb

浮(う)け • (uke) 

  1. imperfective and stem (or continuative) forms of 浮ける (ukeru) [ichidan]

References

  1. ^ Shōgaku Tosho (1988) 国語大辞典（新装版） [Unabridged Dictionary of Japanese (Revised Edition)] (in Japanese), Tōkyō: Shogakukan, →ISBN
  2. ^ Matsumura, Akira, editor (2006), 大辞林 [Daijirin] (in Japanese), Third edition, Tokyo: Sanseidō, →ISBN
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