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    3. 浮き沈み

    浮き沈み

    浮うき​沈しずみ​

    ups and downs

    KMT10News #47+1Noun, Participle, Verb, IntransitiveEmotions & PsychologyKanji Vocab23 strokes

    うきしずみ

    Noun, Participle, Verb, Intransitive

    1.
    ups and downs, bobbing up and down, rising and falling, ebbing and flowing

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    人じん生せいには浮うき沈しずみがあります。

    Life has its ups and downs.

    KMT5Emotions & PsychologyDaily Life
    小ちいさなボートは波なみの浮うき沈しずみに合あわせて揺ゆれていた。

    The small boat swayed with the rising and falling of the waves.

    KMT9Nature & EnvironmentDaily Life
    彼かれのキャリアは浮うき沈しずみが激はげしかった。

    His career had intense ups and downs.

    KMT10Emotions & PsychologyWork & Career
    経けい済ざいの浮うき沈しずみは、私わたしたちの生せい活かつに大おおきな影えい響きょうを与あたえます。

    The ups and downs of the economy greatly affect our lives.

    KMT10Emotions & PsychologyBusiness & FinanceDaily Life
    感かん情じょうの浮うき沈しずみが激はげしいと、人にん間げん関かん係けいにも影えい響きょうが出でやすい。

    When emotional ups and downs are intense, it tends to affect human relationships.

    KMT10Emotions & PsychologyFamily & Relationships

    Characters that make up this word

    浮
    う.く・う.かれる・う.かぶ・う.かべる…(2)
    floating・float・rise to surface
    Kanji
    沈
    しず.む・しず.める…(3)
    sink・be submerged・subside・be depressed・aloes
    Kanji
    き
    ki
    Kana
    み
    mi
    Kana
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