Japanese Dictionary

Meaning of 振る(ふる) in Japanese

振る
JLPT 3
Kana Reading
ふる
Romaji
furu
Word Senses
  • Parts of speech
    Godan verb with `ru' ending, transitive verb
    Meaning
    to wave; to shake; to swing
    Example sentence
    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.
  • Parts of speech
    Meaning
    to sprinkle; to throw (dice)
    Example sentence
    カズちゃん、さっき完膚無きまでに振っちゃおうとしたでしょ？ You were about to dump her flat out, weren't you?
  • Parts of speech
    Meaning
    to cast (actor); to allocate (work)
    Example sentence
    檻に入れられた虎は盛んに尾を振った。 The caged tiger lashed its tail.
  • Parts of speech
    Meaning
    to turn down (somebody); to reject; to jilt; to dump
    Example sentence
    腕を前後に振りなさい。 Swing your arm back and forth.
  • Parts of speech
    Meaning
    to abandon; to give up; to ruin
    Example sentence
    彼女は昨日、彼をふった。 She gave him the elbow yesterday.
  • Parts of speech
    Meaning
    to add kana indicating a reading of a word
    Example sentence
    彼女はゴミを払い落とすために敷物を振った。 She shook the rug to get the dust out of it.
  • Parts of speech
    Meaning
    to slightly change headings; to change directions
    Example sentence
    彼は片手でハンドルを握り、もう一方の手を私のほうに振った。 He held the wheel with one hand and waved to me with the other.
  • Parts of speech
    Meaning
    to extract by broiling; to prepare an infusion of; to decoct
    Example sentence
    彼は怒って首を左右に振った。 He gave an angry shake of his head.
  • Parts of speech
    Meaning
    to carry with great vigor (e.g. a portable shrine)
    Example sentence
    彼は知識人ぶるのが好きだ。 He likes to posture as an intellectual.
  • Parts of speech
    Meaning
    to bring up the main topic
    Example sentence
    彼は首を前後に振りました。 He shook his head back and forth.
  • Parts of speech
    Meaning
    to replace; to substitute
    Example sentence
    彼は首を上下に振った。 He shook his head up and down.
  • Parts of speech
    Meaning
    to set up a joke for somebody else
    Example sentence
    彼は時計を振って、また時計を見た。 He shook it and looked again.

Examples of 振る, ふる in a sentence

Verb Conjugations

Non-Past

Plain
振る
Plain Polite
振ります
Negative
振らない
Negative Polite
振りません

Past

Plain
振った
Plain Polite
振りました
Negative
振らなかった
Negative Polite
振りませんでした

Te

Plain
振って
Plain Polite
振りまして
Negative
--
Negative Polite
--

Passive

Plain
振られる
Plain Polite
振られます
Negative
振られない
Negative Polite
振られません
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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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