振り

Japanese

Kanji in this term

Grade: S
kun’yomi

Etymology

The 連用形 (ren'yōkei, continuative or stem form) of verb 振る (furu, to swing).

Pronunciation

Alternative forms

Noun

振り (hiragana ふり, rōmaji furi)

  1. swing
  2. false pretense; pretending
     ()こえないふりをする
    kikoenai furi o suru
    to pretend to be unable to hear something
     (いえ) (かえ)ると (つま) (かなら) ()んだふりをしています
    ie ni kaeru to tsuma ga kanarazu shinda furi o shiteimasu
    when I return home, my wife always plays dead

Counter

振り (hiragana ふり, rōmaji -furi)

  1. swings; shakes
  2. counter for swords; blades; etc.

Suffix

振り (hiragana ぶり, rōmaji -buri)

  1. after an interval of; the first time since
     (いっ) (しゅう) (かん)ぶりですね。
    Isshūkan-buri desu ne.
    It has been a week, isn't it?
     (さん) (げつ)ぶり日本 (にほん) ()
    sankagetsu-buri ni nihon e kuru
    to revisit Japan after three months
    10 (じゅう) (ねん)ぶり (さい) (しん) (ばん)
    jūnen buri no saishinban
    latest version after a lapse of ten years
  2. way of doing
     (はな)ぶり ()っぷり
    hanashi-buri, nomippuri
    way of talking; way of drinking

References

  1. 2006, 大辞林 (Daijirin), Third Edition (in Japanese), Tōkyō: Sanseidō, →ISBN
  2. 1998, NHK日本語発音アクセント辞典 (NHK Japanese Pronunciation Accent Dictionary) (in Japanese), Tōkyō: NHK, →ISBN

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