瘋ふう癲てん

noun

insanity; insane person

Only with reading ふうてん

Sensitive, dated term for mental illness or a mentally ill person. Modern usage is rare and may be considered offensive; 精神疾患 or 精神病 is preferred in clinical contexts.

• 昔むかしの小しょう説せつには「瘋ふう癲てん」という言こと葉ばがよく出でてくる。

  The word 瘋癲 often appears in old novels.

noun

vagabond; wanderer

Often used in the phrase フーテンの寅さん, referring to the wandering protagonist of the film series. Carries a nuance of a carefree, aimless drifter.

• 彼かれはフーテンのように日本にほん中じゅうを旅たびしている。

  He travels all over Japan like a vagabond.