うそぶく – Vocabulary details

うそぶく

Verb (5-dan, く, intransitive)

Usually written in kana

1. to boast; to brag

2. to feign ignorance; to pretend not to know

3. to recite (a song or poem to oneself)

4. to bark; to roar; to howl

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lie; fib; mistake; error; unwise move; bad decision

to feign ignorance; to pretend not to know; to feign indifference; to assume a contemptuous attitude

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