〜ふりをする

Formation

N3TendencyNeutral
Verb
ふりをする
I-adj
/Na-adj
/Noun
ふりをする

Meaning

Used to express that someone acts as if something is the case when in fact it is not.

Examples

彼は本当は知っているのに、知らないふりをした。

Even though he actually knows, he pretended not to know.

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