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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
Alt. forms
ふりをする
60%
フリをする
27%
振ふりをする
12%
Top 3700
Conjugations...Used in: 2683
Composed of
swing; shake; appearance; behaviour; pretence; pretense; (a customer) coming to restaurant, ryokan, etc. without a reservation or introduction
Examples (20 in total)
He pretended not to be listening.
I pretended to be working.
I pretended to be listening.
Let's pretend that we're soldiers.
She pretended to be a student.
Stop pretending to not understand.
He pretended not to know me.
Tom pretended not to understand French.
She pretended not to hear him.
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.
The boy pretended he could read, but he was holding the book upside down.
She acted as if she knew nothing about it.