浮き上がる
うきあがる to float to rise to the surface

浮き世
うきよ fleeting life this transient world sad world

浮き出す
うきだす to surface to stand out

浮き出る
うきでる to rise to the surface to stand or break out

浮き名
うきな scandal love affair rumor

浮き名を流す
うきなをながす to get a reputation as a philanderer

浮き寝
うきね sleeping in a ship (bird) sleeping on the surface of the water restless sleep

浮き島
うきしま floating mass of waterweeds floating island

浮き彫り
うきぼり relief embossed carving

浮き桟橋
うきさんばし floating pier

浮き橋
うきはし floating bridge pontoon bridge

浮き沈み
うきしずみ bobbing up and down rising and falling ebbing and flowing

浮き浮き
うきうき cheerful buoyant cheery lighthearted

浮き立つ
うきたつ to be enlivened to be exhilarated

浮き織り
うきおり brocade

浮き腰
うきごし wavering unsteady

浮き草
うきくさ a floating weed duckweed precarious

浮き草稼業
うきくさかぎょう precarious trade

浮き荷
うきに flotsam

浮き袋
うきぶくろ swimming belt swimming float bladder life buoy

浮き貸し
うきがし illegal loan

浮き足
うきあし standing on the balls of the feet

浮き足立つ
うきあしだつ to be prepared to flee

浮き身
うきみ floating on one's back

浮き輪
うきわ life buoy float

浮き雲
うきぐも drifting or floating cloud

浮き魚
うきうお fish which lives close to the surface