シン, ふ.る, ぶ.る, ふ.り, ぶ.り, ふ.るう, ふり

shake, wave, wag, swing

JLPT1 G7 S10 F614

As per 辰# (twitch) + hand/action indicator → twitch/tremble → *shake*; *wave*; *swing*; *sway*; *wag* → *reject*; *jilt*; *stand (someone) up*; *use* (violence); *wield* (power); *display* (one's abilities); *flourish*; *invigorate*; *lean*. Also, *appearance*, *manner of doing* and *pretense* (← impression made by an actor in shaking the hands in gesturing), *give up* and *abandon* (← give up/abandon an undertaking in the face of rejection), *oscillate* and *sprinkle on* (← swing), *tend toward* (← lean), *do well* (← flourish), and *choreography* (← dancer's manner of doing).

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