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ふと

N3
futo
  1. suddenly
  2. casually
  3. accidentally
  4. incidentally
  5. unexpectedly
  6. unintentionally
adverb

Also written 不図

Chinese meanings

忽然;偶然

Examples

  • サイフがないのにふと気きがついた。
    He suddenly noticed his wallet was missing.
    我忽然发现钱包不见了。
  • 私わたしはふと彼かれに助じょ言げんを求もとめようとした。
    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"
  }
}