ほうまつ

Japanese

For pronunciation and definitions of ほうまつ – see the following entry.
泡沫
[noun] a bubble, foam, froth
[noun] (attributive) the state of lasting only for a short time, like a bubble; ephemerality, transience, fleetingness, etc.
(This term, ほうまつ (hōmatsu), is the hiragana spelling of the above term.)