振る
Meanings
Godan verb
Transitive verb
1. 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
6. to add kana indicating a reading of a word
7. to slightly change headings; to change directions
8. to extract by broiling; to prepare an infusion of; to decoct
9. to carry with great vigor (e.g. a portable shrine)
10. to bring up a topic; to lead to a topic
11. to replace; to substitute
12. to set up a joke for someone else
Other spellings
ふる
Kanji used
Pitch accent
ふる
Used in vocabulary
Examples31
私 は 頭 を 数回 振った。
I shook my head a few times.
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?
彼女 は 昨日、 彼 を ふった。
She gave him the elbow yesterday.
腕 を 前後 に 振り なさい。
Swing your arm back and forth.
彼 は 首 を 前後 に 振りました。
He shook his head back and forth.
私 を 見た とき、 犬 は 尾 を 振った。
Seeing me, the dog wagged its tail.