Word Meaning 手を振る

てをふる te o furu

手を振る is read as てをふる (te o furu) and means to wave one's hand.

Meaning

English

  1. to wave one's hand

Reading

Kana

てをふる

Romaji

te o furu

Stroke Sequence

4 Characters • 18 Total Strokes

Study Signals and Categories

JLPT N1 Jōyō Upper Grade Kanken 4級 Rank 40819 Priority G

Related Vocabulary

Max. 12

手振り

てぶり

(hand) gesture

手弱女振

たおやめぶり

feminine poetic style (e.g. in the Man'yōshū)

大手を振る

おおでをふる

to swing one's arms greatly while walking

棒手振

ぼてふり

Edo-era street merchant who carried wares hanging from a pole, hawking them in the street

手控える

てびかえる

to jot down a note

手間取る

てまどる

to take more time than expected

手に入る

てにはいる

to obtain

手古摺る

てこずる

to have much trouble

手帳

てちょう

certificate

手錠

てじょう

confinement in chains (Edo-era judicial corporal punishment)