振る (Furu) is a Japanese godan verb meaning “to wave, to shake, to swing, to sprinkle”.
Meanings
- godan verb, transitive verbto wave; to shake; to swing
- godan verb, transitive verbto sprinkle; to throw (dice)
- godan verb, transitive verbto cast (actor); to allocate (work)
- godan verb, transitive verbto turn down (someone); to reject; to jilt; to dump
- godan verb, transitive verbto abandon; to give up; to ruin
- godan verb, transitive verbto add kana indicating a reading of a word
Examples
彼は学者ぶっている。
He set up for learning.
私は頭を数回振った。
I shook my head a few times.
腕を前後に振りなさい。
Swing your arm back and forth.
Sentences from Tatoeba (CC BY 2.0 FR).