ふわふわ
fuwafuwa
Weight drains out and it floats up: ふわふわ
The picture Air filling the inside so the weight drains away, leaving the thing swollen and floating up instead of sitting down. ふわふわ is light enough to lift; どっしり is heavy enough to settle onto the floor.
Where the picture shows up in ふわふわ
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bread that is fluffy
このパンはふわふわで柔らかいです。
kono pan wa fuwafuwa de yawarakai desu
This bread is fluffy and soft.
A cut face of bread that sinks under a fingertip and rises slowly back up
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cloth that is soft
洗ったタオルがふわふわになりました。
aratta taoru ga fuwafuwa ni narimashita
The washed towels have come out lovely and soft.
A sun-dried towel with every loop standing up, the whole thing twice as thick
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drifting in the air
風船がふわふわ飛んでいます。
fuusen ga fuwafuwa tonde imasu
The balloon is floating about.
A balloon up near the ceiling swaying side to side on the draught and never coming down
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a head come loose
熱があって、頭がふわふわします。
netsu ga atte, atama ga fuwafuwa shimasu
I have a fever and my head feels light and woozy.
Someone with a temperature walking without feeling the floor under their soles, the head drifting on ahead
A useful line when describing symptoms at a clinic.
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settling down softly
雪がふわふわ降っています。
yuki ga fuwafuwa futte imasu
The snow is coming down in soft flakes.
Large flakes that refuse to fall straight, swinging side to side on the way down
All of it in one picture
One picture of weight draining out and all five line up. Air inside the dough makes bread fluffy; the pile of a towel standing up makes it soft. Nothing but air inside a balloon makes it drift, and a head coming loose from the body means a fever. A snowflake with no weight to it settles down slowly.