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振り向く

振り向く

Japanese

Kanji in this term

Grade: S

Grade: 3
kun'yomi

Verb

振り向く (godan conjugation, hiragana ふりむく, romaji furimuku)

  1. turn around (to physically rotate horizontally 360 degrees)
    • 1906, Natsume Sōseki, Botchan:
       (まど)から (くび) ()して、 () ()いたら、やっぱり ()っていた。
      Mado kara kubi o dashite, furimuitara, yappari tatte ita.
      I poked my head out of the window and looked back. She was still there.

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