びょうきのふり – Vocabulary details

びょうきのふり

Expression

Noun

1. feigning illness; pretending to be ill

usu. 病気のふりをする

illness (usu. excluding minor ailments, e.g. common cold); disease; bad habit; bad behaviour; crazy; insane

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

トムはびょうきのふりをしてたんだよ。

Tom pretended that he was sick.

病びょう気きじゃなかったのにびょうきのふりをしたことってある？

Have you ever pretended to be sick when you weren't?

彼かれは翌よく日じつ学がっ校こうへ行いかなくてもいいように、びょうきのふりをした。

He pretended to be ill so that he wouldn't have to go to school the next day.

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