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swing
  1. 1 swing, shake, sweep, wave, wag
  2. 2 appearance, behaviour, behavior
  3. 3 pretence, pretense, (false) show, pretending
  4. 4 (a customer) coming to restaurant, ryokan, etc. without a reservation or introduction
  5. 5 postures (of a dance)
  6. 6 lead in (to a joke, question, etc.), setup — usu. written as フリ in comedy contexts
  7. 7 unsewn part of a hanging sleeve on a traditional Japanese woman's garment
  8. 8 counter for swords, blades, etc.
N3
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Mastered counts as known everywhere (frontier, map, extension) but never appears in the quiz again. New wipes the review history for this item.

· examples

  • Don't pretend you don't know.

    sense 1 · swing

  • It rained for the first time in ten days.

    sense 2 · appearance

  • I don't pretend to love him.

    sense 1 · swing

  • His way of speaking offended me.

  • By other's faults wise men correct their own.

    sense 2 · appearance

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