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ふりをする
Meanings
Expression
Verb (する)
Usually written in kana
1. to pretend; to act (as if)
often after a verb
Even if you pretend to have forgotten, you absolutely cannot forget.
Alt. forms
ふりをする
53%
フリをする
24%
振ふりをする
21%
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Conjugations...Used in: 2831
Composed of
swing; shake; appearance; behaviour; pretence; pretense; (a customer) coming to restaurant, ryokan, etc. without a reservation or introduction
Examples (28 in total)
You pretend not to notice.
He pretended not to be listening.
I pretended to be working.
He pretended to be asleep.
I pretended to be listening.
Let's pretend that we're soldiers.
She pretended to be a student.
Stop pretending to not understand.
I pretended to eat it and spat it out.
He pretended to be a doctor.
I pretended to support him.
I pretended I didn't understand French.
He pretended not to know me.
She pretended not to hear him.
Even if you pretend to have forgotten, you absolutely cannot forget.
If you show up dressed like that, I'll pretend I don't know you.
I could tell he was only pretending to read.
She acted like a real baby.
Tom pretended to be Mary's friend.
I pretended not to understand what he was saying.
When her mother came, she pretended to be studying.
Even though I witnessed the incident, I pretended not to have seen anything.
One of them is an actor, who is going to pretend to murder someone.
Beth argued that Sally was only pretending to be innocent.
He hid his emotions and pretended to be enthusiastic.
He isn't really sad; he's only acting.
To cover that up, I pretend to read the textbook.
The boy pretended he could read, but he was holding the book upside down.