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振ふる

Kana ふる Romaji furu

JLPT N3 Common word

01

振る ふる · furu

JLPT N3 Common word

01godan verb · transitive

02godan verb · transitive

03godan verb · transitive

04godan verb · transitive

to turn down (someone); to reject; to jilt; to dump

05godan verb · transitive

06godan verb · transitive

to add kana indicating a reading of a word

07godan verb · transitive

to slightly change headings; to change directions

08godan verb · transitive

to extract by broiling; to prepare an infusion of; to decoct

09godan verb · transitive

to carry with great vigor (e.g. a portable shrine)

10godan verb · transitive

to bring up a topic; to lead to a topic

11godan verb · transitive

12godan verb · transitive

to set up a joke for someone else

Examples

私は頭を数回振った。

I shook my head a few times.

Tatoeba #154837

カズちゃん、さっき完膚無きまでに振っちゃおうとしたでしょ?

You were about to dump her flat out, weren't you?

Tatoeba #76796

腕を前後に振りなさい。

Swing your arm back and forth.

Tatoeba #77114

02

振る ぶる · buru

01suffix · godan verb

usually kana

to assume an air of ...; to act ...; to affect ...; to pose as ...; to behave like ...; to pretend to be ...

after a noun, adjectival noun or adjective stem

02godan verb · intransitive

colloquialusually kana

to put on airs; to be self-important

Examples

建築家は芸術家ぶってはならない。

An architect should not pretend to be an artist.

Tatoeba #175395

彼は学者ぶっている。

He set up for learning.

Tatoeba #108840

彼は知識人ぶるのが好きだ。

He likes to posture as an intellectual.

Tatoeba #102238

Source

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