ふと
suddenly, unintentionally
He is halfway through washing a cup and a thing from twenty years ago arrives in his head, unasked and whole. Foot ふと out of nowhere, and nothing brought it on: ふと.
Suddenly and without meaning to, nearly always about a thought arriving. 急 きゅう is a sudden change out in the world.
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