浮動|ふどうfudou[0]heiban (flat)

Common
Definitions
  1. 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.

Synonyms & antonyms
  • 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

Japanese definitions
  1. 位置いちや立場たちばが一定いっていせずに動うごくこと。
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