フリ
Meanings
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Noun
1. swing; shake; wave; swinging
Noun
Usually written in kana
2. appearance; behaviour
3. pretence (pretense); show; pretending (to)
oft. after a noun+の or verb in the dictionary form
Adjective (の)
Noun
Usually written in kana
4. going to restaurant, hotel etc. without a reservation or introduction
Noun
5. move (dance); postures
6. lead in (e.g. to a running joke, asking a question); lead up
oft. as フリ
7. unsewn part of a hanging sleeve on a traditional Japanese woman's garment
Counter
Suffix
8. counter for swords, blades, etc.
Archaic
Noun
9. not wearing underwear or pants
Pitch accent
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Used in vocabulary (36 in total)
to pretend
playing dead; feigning death; playing possum
furigana; kana over or beside kanji to indicate pronunciation
Examples (3 in total)
Tom and Mary pretended to be husband and wife.
The boy pretended to be too sick to go to school.
Children like to pretend to be adults when they play.