ふと
N3 futo
- suddenly
- casually
- accidentally
- incidentally
- unexpectedly
- unintentionally
adverb
Also written 不図
Chinese meanings
忽然;偶然
Examples
- サイフがないのにふと気がついた。He suddenly noticed his wallet was missing.我忽然发现钱包不见了。
- 私はふと彼に助言を求めようとした。I quickly tried to get advice from him.我忽然想向他征求建议。
Use this entry in code
import { getVocabById } from 'kotowa';
getVocabById('347f2ce155'); // ふと
{
"id": "347f2ce155",
"word": "ふと",
"reading": "ふと",
"romaji": "futo",
"meanings": [
"suddenly",
"casually",
"accidentally",
"incidentally",
"unexpectedly",
"unintentionally"
],
"level": "N3",
"pos": [
"adv"
],
"jmdict_id": 1493240,
"other_forms": [
"不図"
],
"examples": [
{
"ja": "サイフがないのにふと気がついた。",
"furigana": "サイフがないのにふと{気|き}がついた。",
"en": "He suddenly noticed his wallet was missing.",
"tatoeba_id": 216852
},
{
"ja": "私はふと彼に助言を求めようとした。",
"furigana": "{私|わたし}はふと{彼|かれ}に{助言|じょげん}を{求|もと}めようとした。",
"en": "I quickly tried to get advice from him.",
"tatoeba_id": 159011
}
],
"zh": {
"status": "reviewed",
"source_hash": "fc53a9aee3dd69d6b7e360081b0c804296fe8fcc706913efdb01f84f40a5fe87",
"meanings": [
"忽然",
"偶然"
],
"examples": [
{
"ja": "サイフがないのにふと気がついた。",
"zh": "我忽然发现钱包不见了。"
},
{
"ja": "私はふと彼に助言を求めようとした。",
"zh": "我忽然想向他征求建议。"
}
],
"references": [
"upstream vocab/n3/347f2ce155",
"JMdict ent_seq 1493240; checked against downloaded JMdict_e.gz on 2026-10-28",
"Original Chinese authored and reviewed by Codex; no independent human review"
],
"reviewer": "Codex",
"review_method": "ai",
"reviewed_at": "2026-10-28",
"review_hash": "24a0751181a289c07f039c2c85c08618a75fc438519c829b72d72d86416b4a41"
}
}