ふと

suddenly, accidentally, incidentally

What does ふと mean?

ふと is a Japanese noun meaning suddenly, accidentally, incidentally in English. It is written as ふと in hiragana, and futo in romaji. This word is part of JLPT N3 vocabulary.

Example sentence

すばらしい考えがふと心に浮かんだ。

A bright idea occurred to me.