How to say "floating" in Japanese

• 浮きうきCommon
  nounCovers floating in the sense of buoyancy, such as an object staying up on water. It is the ordinary noun for this physical floating or buoyancy.
• 浮遊ふゆうCommon
  noun, suru verb, transitive verb, intransitive verbUsed for floating or drifting while suspended, as particles drifting in air or water. It suggests something suspended and moving loosely rather than resting buoyantly.
• 浮動ふどうCommon
  suru verb, intransitive verb, no-adjectiveRefers to floating in the sense of being unstable or unfixed, as with prices, populations, or attitudes that fluctuate rather than stay settled. It is seldom the word for physical floating.
• 浮揚ふようCommon
  noun, suru verb, intransitive verbCovers floating or floatation in air or water, and by extension buoying something up, such as an economy. It suggests a lifting or raising force rather than mere drifting.

Choose 「浮き」 for physical buoyancy, 浮遊 for drifting suspended in air or water, 浮動 for fluctuating or unstable values, and 浮揚 for levitation or buoying something up.

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• 浮きうきfloating
• 浮遊ふゆうfloating
• 浮動ふどうfloating
• 浮揚ふようfloating (e.g. in air, water)
• フローティングfloating
• 浮漂ふひょうfloating
• 流しながしfloating (something on water)