N3Verb

📈Process & State Nouns

振るふる

furu

to wave, to shake; to sprinkle; to cast (actor)

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Example sentence

彼女は私に手を振った。

She waved her hand to me.

Sentence from Tatoeba, CC BY 2.0 FR

Kanji in 振る

shake, swing, wag, wave

Sentences with 振る

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Words with the same kanji

Word	JLPT	Reading	Meaning
振り	N3	ふり	ふりstyle, manner; pretense (e.g. 知らない振り = pretending not to know)
振興	N3	しんこう	しんこうpromotion, encouragement
振り仮名	N2	ふりがな	ふりがなfurigana (kana written beside kanji to show the reading)
振舞う	N2	ふるまう	ふるまうto behave, to conduct
振り向く	N2	ふりむく	ふりむくto turn one's face, to turn around
～振り	N2	～ぶり	～ぶりafter an interval of ~
振動	N1	しんどう	しんどうoscillation, vibration
振り返る	N1	ふりかえる	ふりかえるto turn head, to turn around, to look back

More Process & State Nouns words

Word	Reading	Meaning
状態	じょうたい	じょうたいcondition, situation
人気	にんき	にんきpopularity / being popular
状況	じょうきょう	じょうきょうstate of affairs, situation
際	さい	さいon the occasion of, circumstances
影響	えいきょう	えいきょうinfluence, effect
決定	けってい	けっていdecision, determination
効果	こうか	こうかeffect, result
評価	ひょうか	ひょうかassessment, evaluation

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