振る

verb (godan)ふる · furu

1. Englishto wave; to shake; to swing

   • 私は頭を数回振った。I shook my head a few times.

2. Englishto sprinkle; to throw (dice)

3. Englishto cast (actor); to allocate (work)

4. Englishto turn down (someone); to reject; to jilt; to dump

   • 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?

5. Englishto abandon; to give up; to ruin

6. Englishto add kana indicating a reading of a word

7. Englishto slightly change headings; to change directions

8. Englishto extract by broiling; to prepare an infusion of; to decoct

9. Englishto carry with great vigor (e.g. a portable shrine)

10. Englishto bring up a topic; to lead to a topic

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