浮気

Japanese

Etymology

Kanji in this term
うわ
Grade: S

Grade: 1
Irregular

/ufa ki//uwaki/

Compound of  (うわ) (uwa, over) +  () (ki, spirit). The use of is an example of jukujikun (熟字訓). (Can this(+) etymology be sourced?)

Alternative forms

Pronunciation

  • (Irregular reading)

Adjective

浮気 (shinjitai kanji, kyūjitai kanji 浮氣, -na inflection, hiragana うわき, rōmaji uwaki, historical hiragana うはき)

  1. fickle, unfaithful, disloyal
  2. cheerful and showy; capricious

Inflection

Noun

浮気 (shinjitai kanji, kyūjitai kanji 浮氣, hiragana うわき, rōmaji uwaki, historical hiragana うはき)

  1. extramarital sex, affair, fooling around
  2. unfaithfulness, infidelity
  3. capriciousness

Compounds

Verb

浮気する (shinjitai kanji, kyūjitai kanji 浮氣する, intransitive, hiragana うわきする, rōmaji uwaki suru, historical hiragana うはきする)

  1. to have an affair
  2. to be unfaithful, to cheat, to adulterate

Conjugation

References

  1. 2006, 大辞林 (Daijirin), Third Edition (in Japanese), Tōkyō: Sanseidō, →ISBN
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