容よう体だい振ぶる

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Meanings

1

godan verb (-ru), intransitive verb

put on airs; act important

rare term

Rare verb meaning to behave in a self-important or pretentious manner, as if one is a person of high status. Often used in literary or older texts.

彼かれはいつも容よう体だい振ぶって話はなすから、みんなに嫌きらわれている。
He always talks with an air of importance, so everyone dislikes him.

あの政せい治じ家かは容よう体だい振ぶった態たい度どが鼻はなにつく。

That politician's pompous attitude is irritating.

Written forms

容よう体だい振ぶる
Standard kanji spelling for this rare verb.
容よう態だい振ぶる
Alternate kanji spelling using 態 instead of 体.

Kanji

容contain, form, looks
体body, substance, object
振shake, wave, wag
態attitude, condition, figure

Similar words

気き取どる
気取る is a more common verb for 'putting on airs' or 'affecting a certain style', while 容体振る is rarer and more literary.
威い張ばる
威張る means 'to be bossy' or 'to throw one's weight around', focusing on domineering behavior, whereas 容体振る emphasizes pretentiousness and self-importance.

Etymology

Compound of 容体 (ようだい, 'appearance, condition') and 振る (ぶる, suffix meaning 'to act like'). The exact historical derivation is uncertain, but it follows the pattern of nouns combined with ぶる to form verbs describing affected behavior.