死んだふり – Vocabulary details

死しんだふり

Noun

Verb (する)

1. playing dead; feigning death; playing possum

death

し

んだ

ふり

death; (an) out; death penalty (by strangulation or decapitation; most severe of the five ritsuryō punishments)

swing; shake; appearance; behaviour; pretence; pretense; (a customer) coming to restaurant, ryokan, etc. without a reservation or introduction

万まん一いち熊くまにであったら、死しんだふりをしなさい。

If you should meet a bear, pretend to be dead.

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