Japanese edit

Kanji in this term

Grade: S
kun’yomi

Pronunciation edit

  • IPA(key): [ɸɯ̟ᵝɾɯ̟ᵝ]
  • Tokyo pitch accent of conjugated forms of "振る"
Source: Online Japanese Accent Dictionary
Stem forms
Terminal (終止形)
Attributive (連体形)
振る [fùrú]
Imperative (命令形) 振れ [fùré]
Key constructions
Passive 振られる られる [fùrárérú]
Causative 振らせる らせる [fùrásérú]
Potential 振れる れる [fùrérú]
Volitional 振ろう [fùróꜜò]
Negative 振らない らない [fùránáí]
Negative perfective 振らなかった らなかった [fùránáꜜkàttà]
Formal 振ります りま [fùrímáꜜsù]
Perfective 振った った [fùttá]
Conjunctive 振って って [fùtté]
Hypothetical conditional 振れば [fùréꜜbà]

Verb edit

() (furutransitive godan (stem () (furi), past ()った (futta))

Japanese verb pair
active 振る
mediopassive 振れる
  1. 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
    ()()te o furuto wave one's hand
  2. to point something in a new direction; to swing something around to (a direction)
  3. to sprinkle (something) on; to shake (something such as salt) on
  4. to throw away; to discard
  5. to reject someone; to jilt someone; to dump someone
    • 1946, Sakunosuke Oda, 『土曜夫人』
      (ぎん)ちゃん、どうした。(おんな)()れたんじゃないですか。元気溌剌(げんきはつらつ)じゃないですな」
      “Gin chan, dō shita. Onna ni furareta n ja nai desu ka. Genki hatsuratsu ja nai desu na”
      "What's up, Gin-chan. Have you been dumped by a woman or something? You don't look full of energy."
  6. to distribute; to divide among; to assign (to many people or places)
    ページ番号(ばんごう)()
    pēji bangō o furu
    to assign page numbers
  7. (orthography) to apply furigana or ruby
    ルビ()
    rubi o furu
    to indicate ruby
  8. to replace; to change out

Conjugation edit

Suffix edit

() (-burugodan (stem () (-buri), past ()った (-butta))

  1. assuming the air of, acting like it (when one is not)
    かわいこぶる
    kawaiko-buru
    to act cute

Conjugation edit