浮遊

1. Origins, structure, and basic meaning

• Structure: 浮遊, read ふゆう, describes being suspended or drifting in water or air.
• Basic usage: Use 浮遊する for particles or objects floating in a space.

2. Common pitfalls and similar expressions

• Space and location
  • 水中を小さな粒子が浮遊している says small particles are floating in the water.
  • を marks the space in which the particles drift.
  • 道具が宙に浮遊した says tools floated in midair.
  • に marks the objects' location.
• An ongoing scene
  • 浮遊している presents the particles' floating state or movement as continuing.