浮動|ふどうfudou[0]heiban (flat)
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- suru verb, intransitive verb, no-adjectivefloating
Conjugation
| Dictionary form | 浮動する(ふどうする) |
|---|---|
| Polite (masu) | 浮動します(ふどうします) |
| Negative (nai) | 浮動しない(ふどうしない) |
| polite (masen) | 浮動しません(ふどうしません) |
| classical zu / nu | 浮動せず・浮動せぬ(ふどうせず・ふどうせぬ) |
| Past (ta) | 浮動した(ふどうした) |
| polite (mashita) | 浮動しました(ふどうしました) |
| Past negative (nakatta) | 浮動しなかった(ふどうしなかった) |
| polite (masen deshita) | 浮動しませんでした(ふどうしませんでした) |
| Te form | 浮動して(ふどうして) |
| Potential | 浮動できる(ふどうできる) |
| Passive | 浮動される(ふどうされる) |
| Causative | 浮動させる(ふどうさせる) |
| Causative passive | 浮動させられる(ふどうさせられる) |
| Conditional (ba) | 浮動すれば(ふどうすれば) |
| tara | 浮動したら(ふどうしたら) |
| Volitional | 浮動しよう(ふどうしよう) |
| polite (mashou) | 浮動しましょう(ふどうしましょう) |
| Imperative | 浮動しろ(ふどうしろ) |
Common forms generated by rule; see the senses for honorific or irregular usage.
- Synonym浮くうくNeutralPhysically floating on water or in the air; the most general term. 「浮動」 stresses a position or stance that is not fixed and keeps shifting.
- Synonym浮揚ふようWrittenWritten/formal prose: floating up into the air or water; also figurative for lifting the economy, as in 「景気浮揚」.
- Synonym浮かぶうかぶNeutralSurfacing or coming into view, also coming to mind. 「浮動」 instead stresses drifting without a fixed position.
- Antonym固定こていNeutralFixed in place and unchanging — the direct opposite of 「浮動」's shifting, unsettled movement.
- Antonym安定あんていNeutralStability, a settled state with no big changes — the opposite of 「浮動」's drifting, unsettled movement.
For floating on water or in the air use 「浮く」; for not being fixed and drifting — as in 「浮動票」 (floating voters) or 「浮動小数点」 (floating point) — use 「浮動」; for fixed in place use 「固定」.
Usage comparisons are AI-assisted and cross-checked by multiple models; for study reference only


