ふっと

See also: ふつと, ぶつど, ぶっと, ぷっと, and フット

Japanese

ふっと or フッと • (futto)

(onomatopoeia) with a puff, a short breath
- 1914, 夏目漱石 [Natsume Sōseki], chapter 38, in こゝろ [Kokoro], 下先生と遺書 [Sensei's Testament]:
  やがて洋燈(ランプ)をふっと吹(ふ)き消(け)す音(おと)がして、家中(うちじゅう)が真暗(まっくら)なうちに、しんと静(しず)まりました。
  Yagate ranpu o futto fukikesu oto ga shite, uchijū ga makkura na uchi ni, shinto shizumarimashita.
  Before long came the puff of him blowing out the lamp, and the house fell silent in pitch darkness.
(ideophonic) suddenly
ふっと消(き)える ― futto kieru ― to suddenly vanish

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↑ ^2.0 ^2.1 NHK Broadcasting Culture Research Institute, editor (2016), NHK日本語発音アクセント新辞典 (in Japanese), Tokyo: NHK Publishing, Inc., →ISBN
↑ ^3.0 ^3.1 Yamada, Tadao et al., editors (2020), 新明解国語辞典 [Shin Meikai Kokugo Jiten] (in Japanese), Eighth edition, Tokyo: Sanseidō, →ISBN