(of an animal) to call, to make noise; e.g., a bird's singing

cat

waiting patiently until time is ripe, compare English good things come to those who wait

a cat

cat

not yet having a success for a long time

(figuratively) describes a state of having few visitors, of being lonesome, desolate, or unpopular, especially in business

mumblingly

(onomatopoeia) Representing gentle laughter.

The hiragana syllable ふ (fu). Its equivalent in katakana is フ (fu). It is the twenty-eighth syllable in the gojūon order; its position is は行う段 (ha-gyō u-dan, “row ha, section u”).