JLPT N3 · Verb

振る (furu)

振る (ふる, furu) is a Japanese verb meaning “to wave; to shake”. It appears in JLPT N3 vocabulary lists and is marked as a common word in JMdict.

Reading: ふる
Romaji: furu
Word class: Godan verb (う-verb) ending in る
Level: JLPT N3 (unofficial)

Meaning

to wave; to shake; to swing · godan verb, transitive
to sprinkle; to throw (dice) · godan verb, transitive
to cast (actor); to allocate (work) · godan verb, transitive
to turn down (someone); to reject; to jilt; to dump · godan verb, transitive
to abandon; to give up; to ruin · godan verb, transitive

Example sentences

私は頭を数回振った。

I shook my head a few times.

Tatoeba #154837

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?

Sentences from the Tatoeba project, linked to this word in JMdict.

Conjugation of 振る

Godan verb (う-verb) ending in る. Plain and polite forms below; try any other word in the Japanese verb conjugator.

Form	Japanese	Reading
Dictionary	振る	ふる furu
Polite (~masu)	振ります	ふります furimasu
Negative	振らない	ふらない furanai
Polite negative	振りません	ふりません furimasen
Past	振った	ふった futta
Polite past	振りました	ふりました furimashita
Negative past	振らなかった	ふらなかった furanakatta
Te-form	振って	ふって futte
Potential	振れる	ふれる fureru
Passive	振られる	ふられる furareru
Causative	振らせる	ふらせる furaseru
Volitional	振ろう	ふろう furou
Imperative	振れ	ふれ fure
Conditional (~ba)	振れば	ふれば fureba

Kanji in 振る

shake, wave, wagシン・ふ.る・ふ.れる · 10 strokes

Related words

Other vocabulary sharing a kanji with 振る.

振興しんこうpromotion振りふりswing振りぶりway振舞うふるまうto behave振り仮名ふりがなfurigana振り向くふりむくto turn one's face振動しんどうoscillation不振ふしんdullness身振りみぶりgesture振り返るふりかえるto turn one's head振り出しふりだしshaking (something) out

Source: JMdict entry 1361330 (EDRDG, CC BY-SA 4.0). Level: unofficial JLPT list – how levels are assigned.