ぶる

Also written 振る

Meanings

1. Suffix, Godan verb to assume an air of ...; to act ...; to affect ...; to pose as ...; to behave like ...; to pretend to be ... (after a noun, adjectival noun or adjective stem)
2. Godan verb, Intransitive to put on airs; to be self-important

Example sentences

• 建築家は芸術家ぶってはならない。
  An architect should not pretend to be an artist.
• 私は、あんないい子ぶった人たちには耐えられません。
  I can't stand those goody-goody types.
• 彼の聖人ぶった態度が気にいらない。
  I don't like his holier-than-thou attitude.
• 彼は知識人ぶるのが好きだ。
  He likes to posture as an intellectual.
• 彼女は上品ぶっている。
  She is prudish.

Words containing ぶる

• 体裁ぶる (ていさいぶる) to put on airs
• もったいぶる to put on airs
• 学者ぶる (がくしゃぶる) to be pedantic

And 12 more.

Word lists

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