- 浮気【うわき】 - extramarital sex, affair, fooling around, infidelity, wantonness, unfaithfulness, inconstancy, fickleness, caprice 
- 浮かぶ【うかぶ】 - to float, to be suspended, to rise to the surface, to appear, to emerge, to show up, to loom (up), to come to mind, to have inspiration 
- 浮く【うく】 - to float, to become merry, to be cheerful, to become loose, to become unsteady, to feel out of it, to be cut off (e.g. from those around you), to feel out of place, to be frivolous, to be uncertain, to have (time, money, etc.) left over, to be saved (e.g. money), to have no basis, to be unreliable 
- 浮かれる【うかれる】 - to make merry, to be festive 
- 浮かべる【うかべる】 - to float, to set afloat, to launch, to show on one's face (smile, sadness, etc.), to recall, to call to mind, to imagine, to think of 
- 浮浪者【ふろうしゃ】 - vagrant, vagabond, tramp 
- 浮き彫り【うきぼり】 - relief, embossed carving, bringing to the fore, throwing something into relief 
- 浮揚【ふよう】 - floating (e.g. in air, water), floatation, buoyancy, buoying up (e.g. economy) 
- 浮動票【ふどうひょう】 - swing vote 
- 浮上【ふじょう】 - surfacing, rising to the surface, emerging, leaping into prominence, rising (of rank) 
- 浮世絵【うきよえ】 - ukiyo-e, ukiyoe, Edo-period woodblock print 
- 浮かび上がる【うかびあがる】 - to rise to the surface, to come to the front, to emerge (e.g. from obscurity), to stand out (e.g. against a dark background) 
- 浮き【うき】 - floating, buoyancy, fishing float, bobber, buoy, lifebuoy, life belt, float, rubber ring 
- 浮動【ふどう】 - floating 
- 浮力【ふりょく】 - buoyancy, floating power 
- 浮き出る【うきでる】 - to rise to the surface, to surface, to stand out (e.g. against a background) 
- 浮世【うきよ】 - fleeting life, this transient world, floating world, sad world, world of grief and worry, the world of the living, this life, this world, the present world, (the world of the) red light districts 
- 思い浮かべる【おもいうかべる】 - to be reminded of, to call to mind 
- 浮き上がる【うきあがる】 - to float, to rise to the surface, to stand out, to be visible, to be alienated 
- 浮き立つ【うきたつ】 - to be enlivened, to be exhilarated, to be excited, to be cheered up, to be in high spirits, to stand out, to contrast