Word details

死んだふり

Meanings, readings, and example sentences for the Japanese word 死んだふり.

Dictionary

Entry

死んだふり死んだフリ死んだ振りしんだふり (死んだふり/死んだ振り)しんだフリ (死んだフリ)Noun~する VerbFreq #35518
1

playing dead; feigning death; playing possum

Examples
死んだフリして難をのがれたそうです。
He says he avoided the danger by playing dead.

Character notes

Kanji in this Word

death, die

6 strokesFrequency 229JLPT N3Grade 3

On

Kun

し.ぬし.に-

shake, wave, wag, swing

10 strokesFrequency 614JLPT N1Grade 8

On

シン

Kun

ふ.るふ.れるふ.るう

Nanori

ふり

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