ブイ

See also: ふい and ぶい

Japanese

Pronunciation

Etymology 1

Borrowed from English vee. Altered slightly so as to distinguish from the letter B.

Alternative forms

Noun

ブイ • (bui

  1. The name of the Latin-script letter V/v.
Coordinate terms

Etymology 2

Borrowed from American English buoy.

Noun

ブイ • (bui

  1. (nautical) a buoy

Etymology 3

Borrowed from Russian Буй (Buj).

Proper noun

ブイ • (Bui

  1. Buy (a town in Kostroma Oblast, Russia)