振る

Japanese

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Verb

振(ふ)る • (furu) transitive godan (stem 振(ふ)り (furi), past 振(ふ)った (futta))

1. to shake; (of a hand or flag) to wave; (of a tail) to wag; (of a baseball bat) to swing; to move something back and forth in a circular motion

   手(て)を振(ふ)る ― te o furu ― to wave one's hand

2. to point something in a new direction; to swing something around to (a direction)
3. to sprinkle (something) on; to shake (something such as salt) on
4. to throw away; to discard
5. to reject someone; to jilt someone; to dump someone
   • 1946, Sakunosuke Oda, 『土曜夫人』

     「銀(ぎん)ちゃん、どうした。女(おんな)に振(ふ)られたんじゃないですか。元気溌剌(げんきはつらつ)じゃないですな」

     “Gin chan, dō shita. Onna ni furareta n ja nai desu ka. Genki hatsuratsu ja nai desu na”

     "What's up, Gin-chan. Have you been dumped by a woman or something? You don't look full of energy."

6. to distribute; to divide among; to assign (to many people or places)

   ページ番号(ばんごう)を振(ふ)る

   pēji bangō o furu

   to assign page numbers

7. (orthography) to apply furigana or ruby

   ルビを振(ふ)る

   rubi o furu

   to indicate ruby

8. to replace; to change out

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振(ぶ)る • (-buru) godan (stem 振(ぶ)り (-buri), past 振(ぶ)った (-butta))

1. assuming the air of, acting like it (when one is not)

   かわいこぶる

   kawaiko-buru

   to act cute

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