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風かぜ

Kana かぜ Romaji kaze

JLPT N5 Common word

01

風 かぜ · kaze

JLPT N5 Common word

01noun

wind; breeze; draught; draft

02noun · noun, used as a prefix

manner; behaviour; behavior

03noun

cold; influenza

irreg. kanji form

Examples

カーテンが風になびいた。

The curtains blew in the wind.

Tatoeba #226491

風が凪いだ。

The wind has fallen.

Tatoeba #84036

風は南へ吹く。

The wind blows south.

Tatoeba #84005

02

振り ふり · furi

JLPT N1 Common word 風 (rarely used kanji form)

01noun · counter

swing; shake; sweep; wave; wag

02noun

usually kana

appearance; behaviour; behavior

03noun

usually kana

pretence; pretense; (false) show; pretending

04noun · no-adjective

usually kana

(a customer) coming to restaurant, ryokan, etc. without a reservation or introduction

05noun

postures (of a dance)

06noun

usually kana

lead in (to a joke, question, etc.); setup

usu. written as フリ in comedy contexts

07noun

unsewn part of a hanging sleeve on a traditional Japanese woman's garment

08counter

counter for swords, blades, etc.

Examples

人のふり見て我がふり直せ。

Learn wisdom from the faults of others.

Tatoeba #144634

私は彼の言っている事がわからないふりをした。

I affected not to understand what he was saying.

Tatoeba #153930

知らぬふりをするな。

Don't pretend you don't know.

Tatoeba #127076

03

風 ふう · fuu

Common word

01noun

manner; way; style

02noun

appearance; air; likeness

03noun

custom; convention; practice

04noun

folk song (genre of the Shi Jing)

05noun

wind (one of the five elements)

06suffix

-ish; resembling; -looking

after a noun

Examples

あなたのサロン風のスカートが好きです。

I like your sarong style skirt.

Tatoeba #233525

それをどんな風に実行したらいいかが問題だ。

The question is how to carry it out.

Tatoeba #204638

明日は明日の風が吹く。

Tomorrow is another day.

Tatoeba #80399

Source

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