浮かれる|うかれるukareru[0]heiban (flat)

Common
Definitions
  1. ichidan verb, intransitive verbto make merry; to be festive
    パーティーでみんな浮うかれている。↗
    The party puts everyone in high spirits.
Conjugation
Dictionary form浮かれる(うかれる)
Polite (masu)浮かれます(うかれます)
Negative (nai)浮かれない(うかれない)
polite (masen)浮かれません(うかれません)
classical zu / nu浮かれず・浮かれぬ(うかれず・うかれぬ)
Past (ta)浮かれた(うかれた)
polite (mashita)浮かれました(うかれました)
Past negative (nakatta)浮かれなかった(うかれなかった)
polite (masen deshita)浮かれませんでした(うかれませんでした)
Te form浮かれて(うかれて)
Potential浮かれられる(うかれられる)
Passive浮かれられる(うかれられる)
Causative浮かれさせる(うかれさせる)
Causative passive浮かれさせられる(うかれさせられる)
Conditional (ba)浮かれれば(うかれれば)
tara浮かれたら(うかれたら)
Volitional浮かれよう(うかれよう)
polite (mashou)浮かれましょう(うかれましょう)
Imperative浮かれろ(うかれろ)

Common forms generated by rule; see the senses for honorific or irregular usage.

Synonyms & antonyms
  • Related小躍りこおどりNeutralDescribes the physical movement of delight — jumping or dancing for joy — which makes it more vivid than 「浮かれる」.
  • Related喜ぶよろこぶNeutralThe most common everyday word for being glad; it focuses on the feeling of joy itself and, unlike 「浮かれる」, has no hint of getting carried away.
  • Related雀躍じゃくやくWrittenA formal written word that is rarely used; it appears as 「雀躍する」 and often in 「欣喜雀躍」, and centers on the joy itself.
  • Antonym沈むしずむNeutralSpirits sink and the mood turns low and subdued — the direct opposite of the high-spirited 「浮かれる」.
  • Antonym憂鬱になるNeutralTo become melancholy and gloomy — the opposite of the floating-on-air giddiness of 「浮かれる」.

Use 「浮かれる」 when you are so happy you get carried away; it often has a slightly frivolous ring, as in 「祭り気分に浮かれる」. For plain gladness pick 「喜ぶ」, and for dancing or jumping for joy, 「小躍り」.

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

Japanese definitions
  1. 浮ういて漂ただよう。
  2. 心こころがうきうきしてはしゃぐ。
  3. 興きょうに入はいる。
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