ふと

ふと · futo · JLPT N3 · adverb

suddenly

💡 Often written 不図 = not + plan: something that happens unplanned

ふと is usually written in kana, but its old spelling 不図 reads as not + plan. It marks things that happen by chance or without warning, as in ふと思い出した, it suddenly came back to me.

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