振り

Japanese
Kanji in this term
振
ふ
Grade: S
kun’yomi
Alternative spelling
風

Etymology

/puri/ → /furi/

From Old Japanese.

The 連(れん)用(よう)形(けい) (ren'yōkei, “stem or continuative form”) of the verb 振(ふ)る (furu, “to swing”).

Pronunciation

Noun

振(ふ)り • (furi) 

  1. swing
  2. (after a verb) false pretense; pretending
    聞(き)こえないふりをする
    kikoenai furi o suru
    to pretend to be unable to hear something
    家(いえ)に帰(かえ)ると妻(つま)が必(かなら)ず死(し)んだふりをしています。
    Ie ni kaeru to tsuma ga kanarazu shinda furi o shite imasu.
    When I return home, my wife always plays dead.
  3. (comedy) setup line before punch line

Counter

振(ふ)り • (-furi) 

  1. swings; shakes
    一(ひと)振(ふ)りする
    hito-furi suru
    make one swing
  2. counter for swords; blades; etc.
    刀(かたな)が一(ひと)振(ふ)りある。
    Katana ga hito-furi aru.
    There is one sword.

Suffix

振(ぶ)り • (-buri) 

  1. after an interval of; the first time in
    一(いっ)週(しゅう)間(かん)ぶりですね。
    Isshūkan-buri desu ne.
    It has been a week, hasn't it?
    三(さん)ヶ月(げつ)ぶりに日(に)本(ほん)へ来(く)る
    sankagetsu-buri ni Nihon e kuru
    to revisit Japan after three months
    10(じゅう)年(ねん)ぶりの最(さい)新(しん)版(ばん)
    jūnen-buri no saishinban
    latest version after a lapse of 10 years
    いつぶりの休日(きゅうじつ)
    itsu-buri no kyūjitsu
    first day off in who knows how long
  2. way of doing
    話(はな)しぶり、飲(の)みっぷり
    hanashi-buri, nomippuri
    way of talking; way of drinking

Derived terms
Derived terms

References
  1. Matsumura, Akira, editor (2006), 大辞林 [Daijirin] (in Japanese), Third edition, Tōkyō: Sanseidō, →ISBN
  2. NHK Broadcasting Culture Research Institute, editor (1998), NHK日本語発音アクセント辞典 [NHK Japanese Pronunciation Accent Dictionary] (in Japanese), Tōkyō: NHK Publishing, →ISBN

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