フリ
Meanings
Counter
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
shaking (something) out; starting point; beginning; drawing (e.g. of a bill); issue; throw (of dice); infusion (remedy)
rice seasoning (usu. containing fish meal, seaweed, sesame, etc.)
restriction on winning hands after discard of a wait tile
one's appearance; clothing; costume; dress
deciding the order of players (drawing one card each; highest draw deals)
one swing; one shake (e.g. of pepper); one sword
long-sleeved kimono
preface; introduction; lead in (to a joke, question, etc.); lead up; payment in advance (by bank transfer); swinging (one's body) forward
transfer; switching over; money transfer (usu. between accounts held by the same person); postal transfer
consideration; comparison; balancing; circumstances; condition
pendulum
feigning ignorance; acting dumb
playing dead; feigning death; playing possum
playing dead; feigning death; playing possum
choreography; dance composition; dance coaching
payment made via bank deposit transfer; discarding a tile that becomes another player's winning tile
allocation; assignment; allotment
pretending not to know; pretending not to recognize someone (recognise); feigning ignorance; playing innocent
amplitude
divide; parting; carrying two bundles tied together over one's shoulder; hair parted in the middle
min-maxing; concentrating points on a specific ability
min-maxing; concentrating points on a specific ability
pretending not to see something; turning a blind eye to; burying one's head in the sand
waving a stick; conductor (orchestra, etc.); (arch.) Edo policeman
reaching first base safely due to opponent's error
manner of swinging; way of swinging; way of dealing with something
one man's fault is another's lesson
flagwaving; flagman; (in athletic competition) starter; instigator; leader
feigning illness; pretending to be ill
even a chance meeting can lead to a deep bond
furigana
plummet; plumb bob
kanji printed as ruby, usually to explain kana
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.