振る

ふる· also ぶる

to wave; to shake; to swing; to sprinkle

JLPT N3 Common word

Meanings

  1. Godan verb (-ru), Transitive

    to wave; to shake; to swing
  2. to sprinkle; to throw (dice)
  3. to cast (actor); to allocate (work)
  4. to turn down (someone); to reject; to jilt; to dump
  5. to abandon; to give up; to ruin
All 14 meanings
  1. to add kana indicating a reading of a word
  2. to slightly change headings; to change directions
  3. to extract by broiling; to prepare an infusion of; to decoct
  4. to carry with great vigor (e.g. a portable shrine)
  5. to bring up a topic; to lead to a topic
  6. to replace; to substitute
  7. to set up a joke for someone else
  8. Suffix, Godan verb (-ru)

    to assume an air of ...; to act ...; to affect ...; to pose as ...; to behave like ...; to pretend to be ...
  9. Godan verb (-ru), Intransitive

    to put on airs; to be self-importantColloquial

Forms

PlainPolite
Present振るふる振りますふります
Negative振らないふらない振りませんふりません
Past振ったふった振りましたふりました
Past negative振らなかったふらなかった振りませんでしたふりませんでした
Te-form振ってふって
Potential振れるふれる
Passive振られるふられる
Causative振らせるふらせる
Volitional振ろうふろう
Imperative振れふれ
Conditional (ば)振ればふれば
Conditional (たら)振ったらふったら

Example sentences

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