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浮ぶ

うかぶ

to float, to rise to surface, to come to mind

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Examples

  1. 青い空に白い雲が浮かんでいる。

    あおいそらにしろいくもがうかんでいる。

    White clouds are floating in the blue sky.

  2. 彼女の顔に笑みが浮かんだ。

    かのじょのかおにえみがうかんだ。

    A smile came over her face.

  3. いい考えが浮かんだと思ったのに、すぐ忘れてしまった。

    いいかんがえがうかんだとおもったのに、すぐわすれてしまった。

    I thought a good idea had come to me, but I forgot it right away.

Common patterns

頭に浮かぶ
to come to mind
水に浮かぶ
to float on the water
思い浮かぶ
to occur to one, to spring to mind

Memory tip

One word, two senses: floating on a surface, and an idea rising into your head (頭に浮かぶ). 浮ぶ is just the older okurigana spelling of 浮かぶ; the transitive partner is 浮かべる and the opposite is 沈む.

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