NichiDict

ぶり

N3
振り
[buri]
Illustration for 振り

Meanings

1.Suffix

way; manner; style

2.Suffix

(for) the first time in (e.g. ten years); after ...

3.Suffix

...-sized; amount (equivalent to ...)

4.Suffix

tune; tone

Other Readings

「振り」 has another reading with different meanings.

Examples

彼女は知らない振りをしていた。

She pretended not to know.

三年ぶりに故郷へ帰った。

I returned to my hometown for the first time in three years.

忙しい振りをして逃げ出した。

I pretended to be busy and ran away.