病気のふり – Vocabulary details

病びょう気きのふり

Expression

Noun

1. feigning illness; pretending to be ill

usu. 病気のふりをする

illness

state of mind

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

トムは病びょう気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病びょう気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、病びょう気きのふりをした。

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

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