振

Meaning

振 centers on a hand-driven back-and-forth motion: shaking, waving, wagging, or swinging something.

• 振りぶり
  N3

  way; manner; style

• 振るふる
  N3

  to wave; to shake; to swing

• 振りふり
  N2

  swing; shake; sweep; wave; wag

• 振動しんどう
  N1

  oscillation; vibration; swing (e.g. of a pendulum)

• 振興しんこう
  N1

  promotion; encouragement

• 振る舞いふるまい

  behavior; behaviour; conduct

• 振り返るふりかえる
  N2

  to turn one's head; to look over one's shoulder; to turn around; to look back

• 三振さんしん

  strikeout

• 振込ふりこみ
  N3

  payment made via bank deposit transfer

• 振舞うふるまう
  N2

  to behave; to conduct oneself; to act

• 振替ふりかえ

  transfer; switching over; change

• 不振ふしん
  N1

  dullness; slump; stagnation; inactivity; depression

• 振り付けふりつけ

  choreography; dance composition; dance coaching

• 振り回すふりまわす

  to wield; to brandish; to flourish; to wave (about); to swing

• 空振りからぶり

  swing and a miss

• 振り子ふりこ

  pendulum

• 振り向くふりむく
  N3

  to turn one's face; to turn around; to look over one's shoulder

• 振り出しふりだし
  N1

  shaking (something) out

• 身振りみぶり
  N1

  gesture; gesticulation; motion

• 振り込むふりこむ
  N2

  to make a payment via bank deposit transfer

• 振幅しんぷく

  amplitude (of vibration)

• 手振りてぶり
  N1

  (hand) gesture; movement of the hand

• 振り仮名ふりがな
  N3

  furigana; kana printed above or next to kanji to indicate pronunciation

• 振り切るふりきる

  to shake off; to shake free from

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