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jmdict 2785630 Active (id: 1130574)
病気のふり病気の振り
びょうきのふり
1. [exp,n]
《usu. 病気のふりをする》
▶ feigning illness
▶ pretending to be ill
Cross references:
  ⇒ see: 1361130 振り【ふり】 3. pretence (pretense); show; pretending (to)



History:
2. A 2013-05-08 18:39:05  Rene Malenfant <...address hidden...>
1. A* 2013-05-08 12:30:43  Jim Breen <...address hidden...>
  Refs:
ルミナス, Eijiro
  Comments:
Common (8M hits combined), 8 occurrences in Tanaka, but in practically no published refs - ルミナス just has it in an example in the 振り entry. The meaning was not obvious to me, and certainly not in reverse.

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