しんだふり – Vocabulary details

しんだふり

Noun

Verb (する)

1. playing dead; feigning death; playing possum

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んだ

ふり

death; decease; (arch.) death penalty (by strangulation or decapitation); (an) out

swing; shake; appearance; behaviour; pretence (pretense); show; going to restaurant, hotel etc. without a reservation or introduction

万まん一いち熊くまにであったら、しんだふりをしなさい。

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

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