浮気

noun, adjectival noun or quasi-adjective, takes する, intransitive verb

  1. extramarital sex, affair, fooling around.
  2. infidelity, wantonness, unfaithfulness, inconstancy, fickleness, caprice.

Variations

Pronunciation Kanji Kana Is Common
浮気
浮気 うわき
上気 うわき
 
 
うわ気 うわき
浮氣
浮氣 うわき

Contained Kanji Breakdown

floating, float, rise to surface
う.く フ うき (7th, N3)
water, water radical (no. 85)
さんずい
sincere, nourish, encase
フ たまご はぐく.む (Kentei 1)
paw radical
child, sign of the rat, 11PM-1AM
こ シ ス (1st, N5)
complete, finish
リョウ さとる (8th, N2)
one, one radical (no.1)
イチ いっ ひと- (1st, N5)
spirit, mind, air
キ き ケ (1st, N5)
spirit, steam radical (no. 84)
キ ケ いき (Kentei 1)
person(人) variant
one, one radical (no.1)
イチ いっ ひと- (1st, N5)
mow, cut grass, subdue
ガイ ゲ おさ.める (Kentei 1)