Japanese DictionaryDefinition of 振る
- (v5r, vt) to wave; to shake; to swing
私は頭を数回振った。
I shook my head a few times. - to sprinkle; to throw (dice)
- to cast (actor); to allocate (work)
- to turn down (somebody); to reject; to jilt; to dump
- to abandon; to give up; to ruin
- to add kana indicating a reading of a word
- to slightly change headings; to change directions
- to extract by broiling; to prepare an infusion of; to decoct
- to carry with great vigor (e.g. a portable shrine)
- to bring up the main topic
- to replace; to substitute
- to set up a joke for somebody else
