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振り
BOOST
Reading : ふり   
noun, counter
1. swing; shake; wave; swinging
noun
2. appearance; behaviour  (often written with kana only)
3. pretence (pretense); show; pretending (to)  (see also: 振りをする; oft. after a noun+の or verb in the dictionary form; often written with kana only)
4. going to restaurant, hotel etc. without a reservation or introduction  (often written with kana only)
noun
5. move (dance); postures
6. lead in (e.g. to a running joke, asking a question); lead up  (see also: 前振り; oft. as フリ; often written with kana only)
7. unsewn part of a hanging sleeve on a traditional Japanese woman's garment
suffix, counter
8. counter for swords, blades, etc.
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Usefulness and usage:
Kanshudo usefulness level: 5 (among the 10,000 most useful words in Japanese)
• Kanshudo usefulness level is based on a usefulness score of 103,356 which gives a rank of 4,565
振り is the most useful form. 2 additional forms are shown below.
This word is a member of our collection of the 10,000 most useful words in Japanese:
• This form is used about 30% of the time
• Google Japan frequency rank: 11,000 (about 61,700,000 results)
• This form appears in Wikipedia's list of JLPT N1 vocabulary (see JLPT collections)
• Kanshudo JLPT value = N1
• iknow! Core 6000 rank: 5017 (see iKnow! collections)
• Routledge most useful 5000 words rank: 3010
• This form appears in the 1998 'Ichimango goi bunruishuu' frequent word list by Senmon Kyouiku
• This form appears in the 24,000 words in the Mainichi Shimbun frequency analysis by Alexandre Girardi
• This form is in band 13 in the EDICT word frequency file (bands go from 1-48, where 1 is most common - each contains about 500 words)
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Example sentences:
かれ
はな
から
わたし
かれ
けっこん
結婚
している
すいそく
推測
した

From the way they talked, I presumed they were married.
かのじょ
彼女
ねむ
っている
していただけだった
She was only pretending to be asleep.
かれ
じょうし
上司
そば
とき
ねっしん
熱心
する
He pretends to be enthusiastic when his boss is around.
ふり
BOOST
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Usefulness and usage:
• This form is used about 20% of the time
• Google Japan frequency rank: 17,000 (about 38,900,000 results)
• This form appears in the 1998 'Ichimango goi bunruishuu' frequent word list by Senmon Kyouiku
• This form appears in the 24,000 words in the Mainichi Shimbun frequency analysis by Alexandre Girardi
• This form is in band 13 in the EDICT word frequency file (bands go from 1-48, where 1 is most common - each contains about 500 words)
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BOOST
Reading : ふり   
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Usefulness and usage:
• This form is used about 50% of the time
• Google Japan frequency rank: 1,000 (about 855,000,000 results)
• Wikipedia most common 20000 words rank: 562
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シン   ふ    ふれる to wield, swing, wave   ふるう to wield, swing; prosper   
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シン   たつ dragon; 7-9 am   
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ニ   ふた    ふた two   
イ   ころも    きぬ clothes   
cliff
hand
フ   フウ   かぜ wind   かざ-    
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katakana 'no'; whereupon; splitting away from
チュウ   むし insect   
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イチ   イツ   ひと    ひと- one   
dot   
チュウ   ジュウ   なか middle   
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コウ   ク   くち mouth   
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stick   
table   
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