(あわ)

あわ
noun
bubble, foam, froth
1. bubble
A thin sphere of liquid enclosing air.
The child is blowing bubbles.
Bubbles are floating.
Bubbles come out in the water.
(あわ)()
To be flustered (idiom).
2. foam, froth
A mass of small bubbles on a liquid surface.
To work up soap lather.
The beer foam disappeared.
泡風呂(あわぶろ)(はい)
To take a bubble bath.
To froth milk.
(なみ)(あわ)
Seafoam.
カプチーノ(あわ)
Cappuccino foam.

(あわ) refers to bubbles, foam, or froth.

COMPOUNDS:

  • 泡風呂(あわぶろ): bubble bath
  • 泡立(あわだ)てる: to whip, to foam
  • 泡立(あわだ)(): whisk
  • 石鹸(せっけん)(あわ): soap lather

IDIOMS:

  • (あわ)(): to be flustered/panicked
  • (あわ)()える: to vanish like bubbles
  • (みず)(あわ): come to nothing, be in vain
  • 泡銭(あぶくぜに): easy money (also written (あぶく)(ぜに))

SCIENCE:

  • 気泡(きほう): air bubble (technical)
  • 発泡(はっぽう): foaming, effervescence
  • 発泡(はっぽう)スチロール: Styrofoam