► 名詞
振り [(2)ふり] [振りをする] meaning: pretend rank: 1
☆ 彼は知らない振りをしている ⇨ He is pretending he doesn’t know
☆ 彼女は聞こえなかった振りをした ⇨ She pretended she didn’t hear me
☆ 熊に襲われた時に死んだ振りをするのは間違いだ ⇨ It’s wrong to play dead when you get attacked by a bear
振り [(2)ぶり] meaning: first time in a while rank: 1
☆ 彼等は十年振りに優勝した ⇨ They won the championship for the first time in 10 years
☆ 私達は三年振りに会った ⇨ We met in person for the first time in 3 years
振り [(2)ぶり] meaning: way rank: 3
☆ 子供達の成長振りには目を見張る物がある ⇨ The way the children are growing is eye-opening, striking
☆ 政府の行き当たりばったりの対応振りは見ていて情けない ⇨ It’s pathetic to watch the way the government reacts in a knee-jerk manner
☆ 彼女は小柄なのに凄い飲みっぷりだ ⇨ She is petite but drinks like a fish (☛ Often becomes っぷり when accentuated)
振り [(2)ふり] [liter] meaning: behave rank: 4
☆ 人の振り見て我が振り直せ ⇨ Watch other’s (bad) behavior and correct your behavior (☛ A common phrase)
振り [(2)ふり] meaning: swing rank: 4
☆ 彼のバットの一振りがチームに勝利をもたらした ⇨ His one swing of the bat won the game for the team
More examples:
- 彼はその歌劇の振り付けをした ⇨ He did the choreography of that musical
- 彼は本当は知らないのに知ったか振りをしている ⇨ He pretends to know even though he doesn’t
- 彼がどんなに頑張ろうと彼女は彼に振り向かない ⇨ No matter how hard he tries she won’t show interest in him
- 周りに人がいる時にバットを振り回すな ⇨ Don’t swing your bat when there are people around
- 犯人は警備員の制止を振り切って場内に突入した ⇨ The suspect broke free from the guard and entered the building
- 彼はその歌劇を振り付けた ⇨ He choreographed that musical
- 彼女はくるりと振り向いた ⇨ She turned around quickly
- 道徳を振りかざす、その手の奴に限って自分は不道徳だ ⇨ Moralists, that kind of people are often immoral themselves
- 彼は娘の口座にお金を振り込んだ ⇨ He transferred some money into his daughter’s account
- 久し振りに一族全員が揃った ⇨ All the family members gathered for the first time in a while
- 試合開始早々雨が振り始めた ⇨ It started raining as soon as the game began
- 彼の支持者の熱狂振りはカルトのようだ ⇨ The fever of his supporters were like that of a cult
- 子供が手を振りほどいて走り出した ⇨ My kid shook our hands off and started running
- 彼は泣きかけたが誤魔化そうとしておどけた振りをした ⇨ He was about to cry but tried to clown around to make it look like he was not
- 振り袖を着た若い女性 ⇨ A young woman clad in a furisode kimono