- 1. [v5r, vt] to wave; to shake; to swing
- 2. [v5r, vt] to sprinkle; to throw (dice)
- 3. [v5r, vt] to cast (actor); to allocate (work)
- 4. [v5r, vt] to turn down (someone); to reject; to jilt; to dump
- 5. [v5r, vt] to abandon; to give up; to ruin
- 6. [v5r, vt] to add kana indicating a reading of a word
- 7. [v5r, vt] to slightly change headings; to change directions
- 8. [v5r, vt] to extract by broiling; to prepare an infusion of; to decoct
- 9. [v5r, vt] to carry with great vigor (e.g. a portable shrine)
- 10. [v5r, vt] to bring up a topic; to lead to a topic
- 11. [v5r, vt] to replace; to substitute
- 12. [v5r, vt] to set up a joke for someone else
Conjugation — Verb (godan-ru)
| Dictionary form | ふる | (furu) |
| Polite | ふります | (furimasu) |
| Past, plain | ふった | (futta) |
| Past, polite | ふりました | (furimashita) |
| Negative, plain | ふらない | (furanai) |
| Negative, polite | ふりません | (furimasen) |
| Past negative, plain | ふらなかった | (furanakatta) |
| Past negative, polite | ふりませんでした | (furimasendeshita) |
| Te-form | ふって | (futte) |
| Potential | ふれる | (fureru) |
| Volitional | ふろう | (furou) |
| Conditional (―ba) | ふれば | (fureba) |
| Passive | ふられる | (furareru) |
| Causative | ふらせる | (furaseru) |
| Imperative | ふれ | (fure) |
Kanji in this word
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振
shake, wave, wag, swingOn: シン (shin)Kun: ふ.る (fu.ru)、 ふ.れる (fu.reru)、 ふ.るう (fu.ruu)
Example Sentences
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?