フウ
Meanings
Adjective (な)
Noun
1. manner; way; style
Noun
2. appearance; air; likeness
3. custom; convention; practice
4. folk song (genre of the Shi Jing)
5. wind (one of the five elements)
Suffix
6. -ish; resembling; -looking
after a noun
Pitch accent
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ウ
Used in vocabulary (203 in total)
weathering; fading (of memories); efflorescence
wind chime; wind bell
windless; calm; no-wind; quiet (state of affairs); peaceful; stable
balloon (toy or decoration); balloon (hot-air or gas)
overwhelming; conquering; dominating; sweeping (the world); swaying
manners; customs; public morals; sex service; sex industry
elegance; refinement; (refined) taste; elegant arts; refined pursuits
Japanese style; light wind; moderate breeze
typhoon; hurricane
frivolity; unpredictability; erraticism; first-time guest in a red-light district
wind tunnel
natural features; topography; climate; spiritual features
feng shui; fengshui; wind and water
wind and waves; rough seas; discord; quarrel; hardships (of life); adversity
style of painting
wind direction
elegance; taste; refinement
majesty; dignity
taste; flavor; flavour
strong wind; high wind; moderate gale
scenic; beautiful; picturesque
subordinate position; lower position
wind furnace
in that manner; like that
in this way; like this
scenery; scene; landscape; scene (e.g. of a crime)
(common) cold; influenza; flu; ague; inflammatory respiratory system illness (in general)
in that way; like that; that way
public morals; discipline; rules governing social behavior
appearance; air
bomb blast; blast (from an explosion); shock wave
storm; windstorm; gale
(a person's) appearance; looks
gentle breeze; soft wind; breath of air; zephyr
how; in what way; in what manner
how; in what way; in what manner
personality; style; appearance
wind pressure
appearance; look; dress
appearance; look; dress
windmill; wind turbine
strange; odd; unusual; eccentric; peculiar
Western style
character; traits; ethos
appearance; air; mien; getup
style (of a work, author, artist, etc.); characteristics
rumor; rumour; gossip; report
in that way; like that
western style
satire; irony; sarcasm
god of the wind; wind god; Fūjin (god of the wind)
rumor; rumour; gossip; hearsay
west wind
cool breeze; refreshing breeze
school tradition; school customs; school spirit
east wind; spring wind
modern; current; contemporary; trendy; latest; up-to-date
family tradition
Japanese style; Japanesque; Japanism
cold wind; chilly breeze; (blast of) cold air
headwind; adverse wind
wind speed
natural features; scenery; things particular to a certain region or season; characteristic scenery and customs; scenes and manners
storm caused by the devil; evil wind; eerie wind
wind power; force (level on the Beaufort wind speed scale)
modern style; modernness
hyacinth (Hyacinthus orientalis)
performing style; acting style
gale; strong wind; high wind
old-fashioned; old-style
beautiful custom; fine custom; good custom
texture (cloth, fabric, paper); feel; appearance
earth, water, fire, and wind (the four elements)
earth, water, fire, and wind (the four elements)
flippant; saucy; know-all
rubella; German measles
nature's beauty (cool breeze and bright moon)
right style
seasonal winds
raging wind
arrogant; haughty; calm; placid
European-style; Western; Occidental
corporate culture; company climate or spirit; the way a company does things
unusual customs
manners; customs
ventilation; draft; airing
organ; harmonium
latest style (fashion, hairstyle, etc.); up-to-date style
wind-wrought pattern on the sands
rustic; country-style
gentlemanly; gentlemanlike; in the manner of a gentleman
where the wind blows
wind and waves; rough seas; wind wave
Kyoto style; urbanity; refinement
palsy; paralysis
vice; bad manners; evil customs; storm; raging winds
elegance; tastefulness
academic traditions; academic school of thought; method of study
wind-scattered dust; windblown sand; worldly affairs; cares of life
airflow; air flow; air volume
Chinese style
city manners; urbanity
north wind
eight winds; eight things that hinder enlightenment; prosperity, decline, disgrace, honor, praise, censure, suffering, and pleasure; eight winds (e.g. in eight directions)
burial (disposal of a body) by exposure to the elements; aerial sepulture (burial)
style of handwriting; style of calligraphy
genre picture; painting depicting customs
downtown style
evil or corrupt or abusive practice
city style; metropolitan
land breeze
Western style sailboat
strong breeze
storm and flood damage
spirited discussion
narrative-like structure; narrative style
sorrowful wind; melancholy wind; dreary wind
brothel catering for females
wind orchid (Vanda falcata); samurai orchid
surviving custom; holdover influence
packing; wrapping; tare
light breeze
wind resistance
wind erosion
wind damage; storm damage
cotoletta alla milanese; Milanese cutlet (of veal)
noble character
insanity; insane person; arbiter of taste; connoisseur
hanging-scroll weight
style of a poem; style of poetry
polar easterlies
mirin-style condiment; mirin-like seasoning; low-alcohol mirin
foehn; föhn; foehn wind; föhn wind
cave from which cold wind blows
excellent style (in noh); ideal style
Spanish omelette (omelet); Spanish tortilla
customs of a sect; doctrine; style of a school (e.g. of art)
old customs
good custom
efflorescence
gonorrheal ophthalmia
lake wind; lake breeze
prevailing wind
god of the wind; wind god
ladylike; in the manner of a lady
ink painting style
spring wind telling the tidings of flowers
seasonable rains and winds; halcyon weather; halcyon times of peace
period style
playful style of haikai poetry popularized in the mid-seventeenth century
local wind
geranium (any plant of genus Geranium)
land and sea breeze
a country being in a state of universal peace; the world being peaceful and uneventful
wind winnowing
Law Controlling Business Affecting Public Morals; Adult Entertainment Law; Amusement Businesses Law; Entertainment Businesses Law
authentic (to the region it is from); in the original style
vestibule; antechamber; entrance area; airlock
woolly geranium (Geranium erianthum)
Carolina crane's-bill (Geranium carolinianum); Carolina geranium
herb-robert (Geranium robertianum); Robert's geranium
winter street dust
custom (habit) of diligence and thrift
class size of bonsai trees (25-35cm)
(of the) genre painting style; (of the) style of painting that depicts people's customs and manners; (of the) type of painting that denotes the life of ordinary people
cat's whiskers (Cleome gynandra)
rustic tea house made out of a thatched hut
appearance and personality; manner; mien; air
southeasterly wind blowing around the fifth month of the lunisolar calendar (when marine fishes allegedly turn into tree sparrows)
katabatic wind
ravine wind; canyon wind; gorge wind
gradient wind
high fan speed (setting on air conditioner); squall; sudden gust
tree blown down by the wind
aeolian soil
city built according to the principles of fengshui
sex industry; prostitution
airway; air duct
wind chart; wind diagram
rather eccentric; more than a little unconventional; quite out of the ordinary
guan (hexagram 20 of the I Ching: contemplation)
jia ren (hexagram 37 of the I Ching: the family)
sheng (hexagram 46 of the I Ching: pushing upward)
jing (hexagram 48 of the I Ching: the well)
ding (hexagram 50 of the I Ching: the caldron)
jian (hexagram 53 of the I Ching: development)
xun (hexagram 57 of the I Ching: wind, the gentle)
yi (hexagram 42 of the I Ching: increase)
bronze wind bells hanging from eaves of temple towers or halls (esp. four corners); wind bell; wind chimes
fire and wind; fire-laden wind
god of the wind
Examples (17 in total)
The sails fluttered in the wind.
The curtains are fluttering in the wind.
Bamboo bends before the wind.