ふつ

See also: ぶつ

Japanese

Etymology 1

For pronunciation and definitions of ふつ – see the following entry.

【仏】5 [affix] Short for フランス (Furansu): France

(This term, ふつ (futsu), is the hiragana spelling of the above term.) For a list of all kanji read as ふつ, see Category:Japanese kanji read as ふつ.)

Etymology 2

Cognate with Proto-Ryukyuan *putu.

Noun

ふつ • (futsu) 

1. (dialect, Kagawa, Yamaguchi, Kyūshū) mugwort

   Synonym: 蓬 (yomogi, standard)

   • 1603–1604, Nippo Jisho:

     Futçu. フツ (ふつ) 灸をすえるのに用いる草. 下(X.)の語. ¶ Futçumochi (ふつ餅) この草を入れて作った米の餅. 上(Cami)では, Yomogui (蓬)と言う。

     Futsu. A type of grass used for combustion. Kyūshū language. ¶ Futsumochi. A rice cake made with this type of grass. The word used in the capital language is called yomogi.

Further reading

• “ふつ”, in 日本方言大辞典 (Nihon Hōgen Daijiten, “Nihon Hōgen Daijiten”) ‎^[1] (in Japanese), Tōkyō: Shogakukan, 1989, released online 2016, →ISBN