What does ふと mean?
ふと is a Japanese adverb meaning “out of the blue” or “by chance” in English. It is written as ふと in hiragana, and futo in romaji. This word is part of JLPT N3 vocabulary.
Example sentences
ふと昔のことを思い出した。
Out of the blue, I remembered the old days.
ふと空を見上げると、虹が出ていた。
I happened to look up at the sky and there was a rainbow.