知らん振り

Japanese

Kanji in this term

Grade: 2
ふ > ぷ
Grade: S
kun'yomi

Etymology

Shift from ()らぬ (shiranu, to not know) + () (furi, pretending).

Pronunciation

  • (Tokyo) んぷり [shìráꜜǹpùrì] (Nakadaka – [2])
  • IPA(key): [ɕiɾã̠mpɯ̟ɾʲi]

Noun

()らん() • (shiranpuri

  1. pretending to not know; feigning ignorance

Verb

()らん()する • (shiranpuri surusuru (stem ()らん() (shiranpuri shi), past ()らん()した (shiranpuri shita))

  1. to pretend to not know; to feign ignorance

Conjugation