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振る
ふる - furu



振る
shake


Definitions

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振る
     1. v. (ja-vp, 振る, 振れる)
     2. v. to shake; (of a hand or flag) to wave; (of a tail) to wag; (of a baseball bat) to swing; to move something back and forth in a circular motion
           手を 振る - to wave one's hand
     3. v. to point something in a new direction; to swing something around to (a direction)
     4. v. to sprinkle (something) on; to shake (something such as salt) on
     5. v. to throw away; to discard
     6. v. to reject someone; to jilt someone; to dump someone
     7. v. to distribute; to divide among; to assign (to many people or places)
           ページ番号を振る - to assign page numbers
     8. v. (orthography) to apply furigana or ruby
           ルビを振る - to indicate ruby
     9. v. to replace; to change out
     10. suffix. assuming the air of, acting like it (when one is not)
           かわいこ-ぶる - to act cute

Pronunciation

pronunciation
furu




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