振る

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振る (transitive, godan conjugation, hiragana ふる, romaji furu)

  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
    手を振った
    てをふった。
    te o futta.
    [He] waved [his] 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
  6. to distribute; to divide among; to assign (to many people or places)
  7. to replace; to change out

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振る (hiragana ぶる, romaji -buru)

  1. 振る: assuming the air of, acting like it (when one is not)

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