振り

Japanese

Kanji in this term
振
ふ Grade: S
kun'yomi

Alternative spelling
風

Etymology

/puri/ → /furi/

From Old Japanese.

The 連(れん)用(よう)形(けい) (ren'yōkei, “stem or continuative form”) of the verb 振(ふ)る (furu, “to swing”).

Pronunciation

• (Tokyo) ふり [fùrí] (Heiban – [0])
• (Tokyo) ふり [fùríꜜ] (Odaka – [2])
• IPA^(key): [ɸɯ̟ɾʲi]

Noun

振(ふ)り • (furi) 

1. swing
2. (after a verb) false pretense; pretending

   聞(き)こえないふりをする

   kikoenai furi o suru

   to pretend to be unable to hear something

   家(いえ)に帰(かえ)ると妻(つま)が必(かなら)ず死(し)んだふりをしています。

   Ie ni kaeru to tsuma ga kanarazu shinda furi o shite imasu.

   When I return home, my wife always plays dead.

3. (comedy) setup line before punch line

Counter

振(ふ)り • (-furi) 

1. swings; shakes

   一(ひと)振(ふ)りする

   hito-furi suru

   make one swing

2. counter for swords; blades; etc.

   刀(かたな)が一(ひと)振(ふ)りある。

   Katana ga hito-furi aru.

   There is one sword.

Suffix

振(ぶ)り • (-buri) 

1. after an interval of; the first time in

   一(いっ)週(しゅう)間(かん)ぶりですね。

   Isshūkan-buri desu ne.

   It has been a week, hasn't it?

   三(さん)ヶ月(げつ)ぶりに日(に)本(ほん)へ来(く)る

   sankagetsu-buri ni Nihon e kuru

   to revisit Japan after three months

   10(じゅう)年(ねん)ぶりの最(さい)新(しん)版(ばん)

   jūnen-buri no saishinban

   latest version after a lapse of 10 years

   いつぶりの休日(きゅうじつ)

   itsu-buri no kyūjitsu

   first day off in who knows how long

2. way of doing

   話(はな)しぶり、飲(の)みっぷり

   hanashi-buri, nomippuri

   way of talking; way of drinking

Derived terms

Derived terms

• 久(ひさ)しぶり (hisashiburi)
• 古(いにしえ)風(ぶり) (inishie-buri)
• 国風(くにぶり) (kuniburi)
• 声風(こわぶり) (kowaburi)
• 舌風(したぶり) (shitaburi)
• 手(て)風(ぶり) (teburi)
• 丈夫(ますらお)風(ぶり) (masurao-buri)