Meanings
Verb (5-dan, ぶ)
1. to float; to be suspended
2. to rise to the surface; to appear; to emerge; to show up; to loom (up)
3. to come to mind; to have inspiration
Kanji used
float
Pitch accent
かぶ
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Used in vocabulary (8 in total)
to occur to; to remind of; to come to mind
to come to mind; to pop into one's head
to cross one's mind; to occur to one
to picture; to come into one's mind; to remember
to cross one's mind; to spring to mind; to occur to one
to come to mind; to pop into one's head
chance; opportunity; lucky break
to occur to one; to cross one's mind
Examples (27 in total)
The petals are floating on the water.
A good idea occurred to me at that time.
A balloon was floating in the air.