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吹ふく
Meanings
Verb (5-dan, く, intransitive)
1. to blow (of the wind)
In the garden where a gentle wind was blowing, the afternoon tea time began.
Verb (5-dan, く, transitive)
2. to blow (one's breath); to breathe out; to blow on (hot tea, candles, etc.); to puff
I blew on the hot tea to cool it before drinking it.
3. to play (a wind instrument); to blow (a whistle, trumpet, etc.); to whistle (a tune)
Who was playing the flute?
Verb (5-dan, く, transitive)
4. to emit (smoke, fire, etc.); to spout; to spew; to puff out
5. to sprout; to put forth (buds)
6. to appear (on the surface); to form; to be coated with (powder, rust, etc.)
Verb (5-dan, く, intransitive)
Slang
7. to burst out laughing; to burst into laughter
Verb (5-dan, く, transitive)
8. to brag; to talk big
9. to smelt; to mint
Alt. forms
吹ふく
91%
ふく
8%
Kanji used
吹
blow
Pitch accent
ふ
く
ふ
く
Top 1700
Conjugations...Used in: 4090
Used in vocabulary (18 in total)
to whistle
showing no concern at all; being not at all bothered; devil-may-care attitude
to burst into flames; to fire (of a gun); to fan a fire with one's breath; to breathe fire; to spit fire
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Examples (51 in total)
There was a strong wind.
The wild wind was blowing.
A hard wind is blowing.
A gentle wind was blowing.
The wind is blowing from the east.
The wind blows south.
Tom can't whistle.
A cool wind is blowing from the sea.
An icy north wind is blowing.
Tom can play the flute.
Rose was blowing bubbles.
The cold wind is blowing from the sea.
It's windy and cold.
There was a cold wind blowing from the north.
The wind blew softly again.
The wind blows against the sails.
I blew out the candles on the cake.
There's a nice breeze here.
Ted likes playing the trumpet.
A strong wind blew all day long.
Spray some water on before ironing.
I play trumpet in a symphonic wind orchestra.
There was a strong wind that day.
The wind blows wherever it pleases.
A wind from the ocean blows at this time of the year.
I blew on the hot tea to cool it before drinking it.
During the night the wind blew cold.
Make a wish and blow out the candles.
Neither Tom nor Mary plays the clarinet.
A strong wind is blowing and I can't walk fast.
Cold winds blow hard every winter.
However, the wind that blew from time to time was surprisingly cold.
A strong wind blew again, and the cherry blossoms were whirled up.
At that moment, the wind blew and scattered the white smoke.
On the rooftop, a wind carrying the scent of seawater was blowing.
The referee blew his whistle to end the match.
Hot wind blows, kicking up sand.
In the last typhoon, the wind blew at over 200 kilometers per hour!
There is usually a cool breeze here in the evening.
The wind was blowing violently, and to make matters worse, it began raining.
Before the stars fall, the wind always blows.
Though it stopped raining, the wind was still blowing hard.
The policeman blew his whistle for the car to stop.
He could always tell which direction the wind was blowing.
In the garden where a gentle wind was blowing, the afternoon tea time began.
With a puff of breath, she blows away the nail filings.
A stronger gust blew, and the hem of my coat and my hair flapped in it.
A gust of wind blew as I passed by the shrine I always go past.
The wind blew even harder when we reached the top of the hill.
Although it is spring, the days are not yet long, and the wind blowing at night is cold.
Under the warm sunshine, a breeze blows with just a hint of spring.