り【たぬきねいり】

Frequency rank: 35,298. – 35,665.
    noun (common) (futsuumeishi); noun or participle which takes the aux. verb suru; intransitive verb
  1. feigning sleep
Forms
  • り【たぬきねいり】Frequency rank: 35,298. – 35,665.
  • タヌキり【タヌキねいり】
  • たぬきり【たぬきねいり】
  • たぬきねいり
  • タヌキねいり
Generated definitions (experimental)
  1. feigning sleep
    2. This term refers to pretending to be asleep, often to avoid engaging in a situation or to eavesdrop on conversations.
    He pretended to be really tired and feigned sleep during the meeting.
    I was feigning sleep to overhear a secret with my friends.
Generated collocations (experimental)
to feign sleepto pretend to feign sleepgood at feigning sleepis feigning sleepthe state of feigning sleepby feigning sleepto see through feigning sleepa person who feigns sleepthe strategy of feigning sleepto deceive by feigning sleep
Example sentences
2 results
1. とむトム、。
It's obvious that Tom is just pretending to be asleep.
Tatoeba
2. 。
He pretended to be asleep.
Tatoeba
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