Japanese Dictionary

Meaning of 死んだふり(しんだふり) in Japanese

死んだふり, 死んだ振り
Kana Reading
しんだふり
Romaji
shindafuri
Word Senses
  • Parts of speech
    noun (common) (futsuumeishi), noun or participle which takes the aux. verb suru
    Meaning
    playing dead
    Example sentence
    死んだフリして難をのがれたそうです。 He says he avoided the danger by playing dead.

Examples of 死んだふり, 死んだ振り, しんだふり in a sentence

Kanji in this word

振 JLPT 1

10 strokes

shake, wave, wag, swing

On'Yomi: シン

Kun'Yomi: ふ.る, ぶ.る, ふ.り, -ぶ.り, ふ.るう

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死 JLPT 4

6 strokes

death, die

On'Yomi: シ

Kun'Yomi: し.ぬ, し.に-

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