Illustration: While folding laundry beside an apartment’s sliding balcony door, a woman unexpectedly turns her head toward a faint movement outside. One sock remains half folded between her hands. A small sparrow has landed in an empty flowerpot and is peeking over its rim, almost disappearing inside it.

ふと

futo

suddenly, unexpectedly

Example sentences

奇抜きばつな考かんがえがふと心こころに浮うかんだ。
A novel idea occurred to me.
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すばらしい考かんがえがふと心こころに浮うかんだ。
A bright idea occurred to me.
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不安ふあんで夜中よなかにふと目めをさましてしまう。
In the middle of the night, I’ll suddenly wake up feeling worried.
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