振ふる

godan verb (-ru), transitive verb

wave; shake; swing

Basic physical sense: move a hand, head, tail, bat, tool, etc. back and forth or through an arc.

• 駅えきで友とも達だちに手てを振ふった。

  I waved to my friend at the station.

• バットを大おおきく振ふったが、ボールには当あたらなかった。

  He swung the bat hard, but did not hit the ball.

• 彼かれは黙だまって首くびを横よこに振ふった。

  He silently shook his head no.

godan verb (-ru), transitive verb

sprinkle; shake on; throw dice

Used when scattering something by a shaking motion, especially seasonings, and also for throwing or rolling dice.

• 焼やき魚ざかなに塩しおを軽かるく振ふる。

  Sprinkle a little salt on the grilled fish.

• さいころを振ふって順じゅん番ばんを決きめた。

  We rolled dice to decide the order.

godan verb (-ru), transitive verb

assign; cast; allocate; substitute

Used for giving a role, part, job, slot, or resource to someone or something. It can also imply reassigning or substituting one person, project, or slot for another.

• 監かん督とくは新しん人じん俳はい優ゆうに主しゅ役やくを振ふった。

  The director cast a new actor in the lead role.

• 急いそぎの仕し事ごとを同どう僚りょうに振ふった。

  I passed the urgent work on to a coworker.

• 空あいた枠わくを別べつの企き画かくに振ふった。

  They reassigned the open slot to another project.

godan verb (-ru), transitive verb

reject someone; turn down; dump; jilt

Especially common for romantic rejection: turning down a confession, ending a relationship, or dumping a partner. The passive 振られる is very common.

• 彼かの女じょは長なが年ねん付つき合あった相あい手てを振ふった。

  She dumped the partner she had dated for years.

• 告こく白はくしたが、あっさり振ふられた。

  I confessed my feelings, but was flatly turned down.

godan verb (-ru), transitive verb

throw away; give up; ruin; waste

Most safely learned through the fixed idiom ～を棒に振る, meaning to waste, throw away, or ruin something valuable such as a chance, career, or future.

• くだらない賭かけで将しょう来らいを棒ぼうに振ふるな。

  Do not throw away your future over a stupid bet.

• 彼かれは一いち度どの不ふ祥しょう事じでキャリアを棒ぼうに振ふった。

  He ruined his career with a single scandal.

godan verb (-ru), transitive verb

add furigana; add reading kana

Writing and typography use, as in 読み仮名を振る or ルビを振る: add kana beside or above kanji to show how they are read.

See also: ふりがな

• 難むずかしい漢かん字じには読よみ仮が名なを振ふってください。

  Please add reading kana to the difficult kanji.

• 子こども向むけの本ほんなので、すべての漢かん字じにルビを振ふった。

  Because it was a children's book, we added ruby readings to all the kanji.

godan verb (-ru), transitive verb

turn slightly; shift direction; pan

Used for changing the direction, angle, heading, or orientation of something, often only slightly; common with camera or stage-direction-like contexts.

• カメラを少すこし右みぎに振ふって、建たて物もの全ぜん体たいを入いれてください。

  Pan the camera a little to the right and get the whole building in the shot.

godan verb (-ru), transitive verb

bring up a topic; direct a question or topic to someone

Common in conversation, meetings, and hosting: introduce a subject or pass the conversational turn, topic, or question to someone.

• 会かい議ぎの最さい後ごに、部ぶ長ちょうが予よ算さんの話はなしを振ふった。

  At the end of the meeting, the manager brought up the budget.

• 司し会かい者しゃはゲストに次つぎの質しつ問もんを振ふった。

  The host directed the next question to the guest.

godan verb (-ru), transitive verb

carry vigorously; swing while carrying

Festival use, especially with 神輿: the bearers carry and vigorously sway or toss the portable shrine as part of the performance.

• 祭まつりの若わか者ものたちは神輿みこしを左さ右ゆうに振ふって練ねり歩あるいた。

  The young people at the festival paraded while swinging the portable shrine from side to side.

godan verb (-ru), transitive verb

set up a joke; feed someone a comic prompt

Comedy and entertainment use: prompt another performer so they can deliver a joke, boke, punch line, or comic response.

• 彼かれは相あい方かたにボケを振ふって、客きゃく席せきを笑わらわせた。

  He set his partner up for a joke and made the audience laugh.

godan verb (-ru), transitive verb

decoct; prepare an infusion; extract by heating

Rare or specialized old-style use for extracting something by heating, broiling, or decocting, such as in medicinal or preparation contexts; not a common modern standalone use for learners.

• 古ふるい薬やく方ほうの説せつ明めいでは、薬やく草そうを振ふるという表ひょう現げんが「煎せんじる」の意い味みで出でてくることがある。

  In old medicinal instructions, the expression 薬草を振る can appear with the meaning of decocting herbs.