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浮く, うく
Godan verb, Intransitive
1. to float
See 浮かぬ顔
2. to become merry, to be cheerful
3. to become loose, to become unsteady
Colloquialism
4. to feel out of it, to be cut off (e.g. from those around you), to feel out of place
5. to be frivolous, to be uncertain
それから彼女はあおむけに浮いていた。
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歯が浮く, はがうく
Expression, Godan verb, Idiomatic expression
1. to have one's teeth set on edge, to become annoyed
2. to get loose teeth
宙に浮く, ちゅうにうく
Expression, Godan verb
1. to float in the air
2. to be unfinished, to be unsettled, to be undecided
歯の浮くような, はのうくような
Expression
set one's teeth on edge