ふと

Japanese

Etymology 1

Alternative spellings
不図 (obsolete) 不斗 (obsolete)

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Pronunciation

• (Tokyo) ふと [fùtó] (Heiban – [0])
• (Tokyo) ふと [fúꜜtò] (Atamadaka – [1])
• IPA^(key): [ɸɯ̟̊to̞]

Adverb

ふと • (futo) 

1. unexpectedly, suddenly

   ふと思(おも)い出(だ)す

   futo omoidasu

   to remember / recall out of the blue

Derived terms

• ふとした (futoshita)

Etymology 2

For pronunciation and definitions of ふと – see the following entry.

【太】2 [noun] fatness [noun] a fat person, a fatty [noun] fat-necked shamisen [noun] thick thread [prefix] added to words describing gods or the emperor or other exalted subjects to denote greatness or excellence [prefix] added to regular nouns to denote fatness or thickness

(This term, ふと, is the hiragana spelling of the above term.) For a list of all kanji read as ふと, see Category:Japanese kanji read as ふと.)