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振る
振る
Japanese
| Kanji in this term |
|---|
| 振 |
| Grade: S |
Verb
振る (transitive, godan conjugation, hiragana ふる, romaji furu)
- 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。
- Te o futta.
- He waved his hand.
- 手を振った。
- to point something in a new direction; to swing something around to (a direction)
- to sprinkle (something) on; to shake (something such as salt) on
- to throw away; to discard
- to reject someone; to jilt someone
- 振られても
- furarete mo
- even if you get dumped
- 振られても
- to distribute; to divide among; to assign (to many people or places)
- to replace; to change out
Conjugation
Conjugation of "振る" (See Appendix:Japanese verbs.)
| Stem forms | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| Imperfective (未然形) | 振ら | ふら | fura |
| Continuative (連用形) | 振り | ふり | furi |
| Terminal (終止形) | 振る | ふる | furu |
| Attributive (連体形) | 振る | ふる | furu |
| Hypothetical (仮定形) | 振れ | ふれ | fure |
| Imperative (命令形) | 振れ | ふれ | fure |
| Key constructions | |||
| Passive | 振られる | ふられる | furareru |
| Causative | 振らせる 振らす |
ふらせる ふらす |
furaseru furasu |
| Potential | 振れる | ふれる | fureru |
| Volitional | 振ろう | ふろう | furō |
| Negative | 振らない | ふらない | furanai |
| Negative continuative | 振らず | ふらず | furazu |
| Formal | 振ります | ふります | furimasu |
| Perfective | 振った | ふった | futta |
| Conjunctive | 振って | ふって | futte |
| Hypothetical conditional | 振れば | ふれば | fureba |
Suffix
振る (hiragana ぶる, romaji -buru)
Conjugation
Conjugation of "振る" (See Appendix:Japanese verbs.)
| Stem forms | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| Imperfective (未然形) | 振ら | ぶら | -bura |
| Continuative (連用形) | 振り | ぶり | -buri |
| Terminal (終止形) | 振る | ぶる | -buru |
| Attributive (連体形) | 振る | ぶる | -buru |
| Hypothetical (仮定形) | 振れ | ぶれ | -bure |
| Imperative (命令形) | 振れ | ぶれ | -bure |
| Key constructions | |||
| Passive | 振られる | ぶられる | -burareru |
| Causative | 振らせる 振らす |
ぶらせる ぶらす |
-buraseru -burasu |
| Potential | 振れる | ぶれる | -bureru |
| Volitional | 振ろう | ぶろう | -burō |
| Negative | 振らない | ぶらない | -buranai |
| Negative continuative | 振らず | ぶらず | -burazu |
| Formal | 振ります | ぶります | -burimasu |
| Perfective | 振った | ぶった | -butta |
| Conjunctive | 振って | ぶって | -butte |
| Hypothetical conditional | 振れば | ぶれば | -bureba |