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To pretend to (be) A; To act as if A
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上 司 は 偉 そ う な 振 り を して 堂 々 と こちら へ 歩 い て き た 。 
The boss acted all self-important and strutted over.
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この 虫 は 敵 が 近 づ く と 死 ん だ 振 り を します 。 
This insect will act dead if a threat comes near.

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ANoun の
 
Aな-adjective な
 
Aい-adjective
 
AVerb: Casual
 
 
ふりをする
Basic Examples:
野球選手の振りをする (pretend to be a baseball player)

有名な振りをする (pretend to be famous)

悲しい振りをする (act as if sad)

見ない振りをする (pretend not to see)

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$tupid
Level: 140
(1 year ago)


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$tupid
Level: 140
(1 year ago)

ဟန်ဆောင်


くせに　နဲ့သွားချိတ်လို့ရ

知っているくせに　知らないふりをする　သိရဲ့သားနဲ့ မသိချင်ယောင်ဆောင်တယ် /

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shirokitsune
Level: 1116

Just a quick question but when we are binding our sentences with this phrase what should me mark ふり as? I did not see any option of pretend or imitate.

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8 years ago
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マイコー
Level: 278
Does this one come up?


振り

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