The child stayed floating in the water by clinging to a buoyant nest.
DESCRIPTION:
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KUNYOMI:
(
が
)
う*く
to float
(
が
)
う*かれる
to be so happy you're 'walking on air.'
JUKUGO:
浮気
( うわき )
cheating, having an affair (can be used even if you're not married)
(KUNKUN)
浮 (float) + 気 (mood)
= 浮気 (affair)
浮いてる人
( ういてるひと )
someone who is oblivious to social rules, not a rebel way, more like in a spaz way. - ういてるひと doesn't have any friends and sort of floats around on the periphery of society.
浮 (float) + 人 (person)
= 浮いてる人 (space cadet)