Meaning

Primary

Bold Letter

Alternatives

Bold, Bold Character, Bold Text, Boldface

Word Type

noun, の adjective

Explanation

What do you think a fat letter is? If I were to guess, I'd say a bold letter.

Reading

ふとじ
  • Kyoko
    (Tokyo accent, female)
  • Kenichi
    (Tokyo accent, male)

Explanation

The reading for this one is a bit odd. The uses the ふと from ふとい (kun'yomi) and the is just the normal on'yomi reading for "letter." You have to remember this weird mismatched reading pair on your own, I'm afraid. Perhaps if you think about how fat letters don't really fit with the rest of the text, kind of like how the readings of both kanji also don't fit in it will help?

Context

Common Word Combinations

  • 太字で入力する

    to input in bold

    太字でかく

    to type in bold, to write in bold

    太字でプリントする

    to print in bold

Context Sentences

この字は太字にしてください。

Make this character bold, please.

マンションのエレベーターにのったら、でんこうけいじばんに赤い太字で「じしんです今すぐ外に出てください」とかひょうじが出てきて、マジびびったよ。

When I got on the elevator in my apartment, the bold, red message appeared saying "Earthquake! Get out of this elevator right now," on the electric bulletin board so I got really scared.

太字にすることで、その言葉を強調しましょう。

Let’s put this in bold to add more emphasis.

Kanji Composition