振る

Meaning

1. v5rvt
   to wave; to shake; to swing
2. v5rvt
   to sprinkle; to throw (dice)
3. v5rvt
   to cast (actor); to allocate (work)
4. v5rvt
   to turn down (someone); to reject; to jilt; to dump
5. v5rvt
   to abandon; to give up; to ruin
6. v5rvt
   to add kana indicating a reading of a word
7. v5rvt
   to slightly change headings; to change directions
8. v5rvt
   to extract by broiling; to prepare an infusion of; to decoct
9. v5rvt
   to carry with great vigor (e.g. a portable shrine)
10. v5rvt
    to bring up a topic; to lead to a topic
11. v5rvt
    to replace; to substitute
12. v5rvt
    to set up a joke for someone else
13. sufv5r
    to assume an air of ...; to act ...; to affect ...; to pose as ...; to behave like ...; to pretend to be ...
14. v5rvi
    to put on airs; to be self-important

Example sentences

• 診察室を出る間際、先生が「バイバイ」と手を振ってくださいました。

  Just as we were leaving the exam room the doctor waved his hand saying, 'bye-bye'.

• 圭はその問いにギクリとさせられたが、頭を何でもないといいたそうに横に振る。

  Kei is startled by that question, but shakes her head as it to say that it's nothing.

• 「いやー、今日も暑いね」「また当たり障りのない話を振ってきたわね」

  "Well, it's hot again today, isn't it?" "That's one more time you've started with a bland topic."