ふぐ

See also: ふく and ぶく

Japanese

Etymology 1

Adjective

ふぐ • (fugu) -na (adnominal ふぐな (fugu na), adverbial ふぐに (fugu ni))

1. 不具:

Definitions

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

【河豚】 [noun] a blowfish [noun] (slang) a fat and unattractive woman [noun] (slang) someone who is quick to anger and who puffs up [noun] (slang) a gun (from the way that getting hit may kill) Alternative spellings 鰒, 𩷪, フグ

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

Etymology 2

Noun

ふぐ • (fugu) 

1. 不具: physical handicap
2. 不虞: unexpected event