How to say "loom" in Japanese

• 織機しょっきCommon
  nounThe noun: a loom as a machine for weaving cloth. This is the word for the equipment itself, so use it whenever 'loom' names the weaving device rather than anything appearing or emerging.
• 浮かぶうかぶJLPT N2approx.Common
  godan verb, intransitive verbThe verb 'to loom up': something appearing or emerging into view, which fits this word's core senses of rising to the surface and showing up; it is not the figurative 'loom' of impending trouble.
  浮うかんだと思おもうとまた沈しずむ。↗

  Now it rises, now it sinks.

Use 織機 for the noun 'loom', the machine that weaves cloth, and 「浮かぶ」 for the verb 'to loom up', when something appears or emerges into view; the two cover entirely different senses.

Usage comparisons are AI-assisted and cross-checked by multiple models; for study reference only

• 織機しょっきloom
• 機はたloom
• 迫り来るせまりくるto be imminent
• 雲をつくくもをつくto be extremely tall (of stature)
• 浮かぶうかぶto rise to the surface
• 空引きそらびきloom
• 空引き機そらびきばたloom
• 影が差すかげがさすto loom (of a threat, etc.)