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JLPT N1verbLevel estimated by Bebop

振ふり切きる

furikiru

to shake off, to break free from

Example sentences

  1. 囚人しゅうじんは連行れんこうしていた看守かんしゅの手てを振ふり切きって脱走だっそうした。

    The prisoner broke away from the guards who were holding him.

    Tatoeba · CC BY 2.0 FR · Source

  2. 恋人こいびと・横笛よこぶえへの思おもいを振ふり切きるために出家しゅっけ。

    He left home and lived the life of a Buddhist renunciate to forget his affection for Yokobue, his lover.

    KFTT corpus (NICT), Wikipedia · CC BY-SA 3.0 · Source

  3. だが制止せいしを振ふり切きって帰路きろについた。

    However, they forcibly departed homeward.

    KFTT corpus (NICT), Wikipedia · CC BY-SA 3.0 · Source

Kanji in 振切

  • 振shake; swingOnシンKunふる・ふれる・ふるう
  • 切cutOnセツ・サイKunきる・きり・きれる

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