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ＵＦＯ (ユーフォー) Japanese meaning | Kotomora

ＵＦＯ

also: ユー・エフ・オー

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Meanings

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noun

UFO; unidentified flying object

Standard term for an unidentified flying object; used in both casual and formal contexts.

昨さく夜や、空そらにＵＦＯのようなものを見みた。
Last night I saw something like a UFO in the sky.
彼かれはＵＦＯの写しゃ真しんを撮とったと主しゅ張ちょうしている。
He claims to have taken a photo of a UFO.

Written forms

ＵＦＯ
- ユーフォー
  Standard abbreviation written in full-width Latin letters; the most common written form.
- ユー・エフ・オー
ユー・エフ・オー
Spelled-out reading of the letters U-F-O; rarely used in practice.

Similar words

未み確かく認にん飛ひ行こう物ぶっ体たい
Formal Japanese translation of 'unidentified flying object'; rarely used in everyday speech compared to the loanword ＵＦＯ.

Etymology

Loanword from English 'UFO', an acronym for 'unidentified flying object'.