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fugu¹

  • /ˈfuː.ɡuː/

Where it comes from

Borrowed from Japanese 河豚(ふぐ) (fugu, “blowfish”).

noun

  1. uncountable Blowfish: a delicacy popular in Japan served raw as sushi that may, if improperly prepared, contain deadly levels of neurotoxins. Twenty minutes later, the chef has successfully prepared a whole fugu—or puffer fish—a Japanese delicacy whose capacity to maim and kill is dividing the country’s culinary world.

Fugu²

Where it comes from

From the Hanyu Pinyin romanization of the Mandarin 府谷 (Fǔgǔ).

proper noun Fu-ku · Fuku

  1. A county of Yulin, Shaanxi, China. Owing to soil erosion, some farmland has become totally barren. In Chenjiagedu Village, Fugu county, Shanxi^([sic – meaning Shaanxi]) Province, since all farmland was lost, the local people were obliged to travel several kilometers for fertile soil.

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中文府谷 Fǔgǔ

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"fugu." Wiktionary, via Micwyn, micwyn.com/word/fugu. Accessed 6 Nov. 2026.

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fugu. (n.d.). In Wiktionary, via Micwyn. Retrieved November 6, 2026, from https://micwyn.com/word/fugu

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"fugu." Wiktionary, via Micwyn. Accessed November 6, 2026. https://micwyn.com/word/fugu.

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@misc{fugu_2026,
  title = {fugu},
  howpublished = {Wiktionary, via Micwyn},
  year = {2026},
  url = {https://micwyn.com/word/fugu},
  urldate = {2026-11-06}
}