んだふり【しんだふり】

Frequency rank: 33,463. – 33,794.
    noun (common) (futsuumeishi); noun or participle which takes the aux. verb suru
  1. playing dead; feigning death; playing possum
Forms
  • んだふり【しんだふり】Frequency rank: 33,463. – 33,794.
  • んだフリ【しんだフリ】
  • んだり【しんだふり】Frequency rank: 51,357. – 52,626.
  • しんだふり
  • しんだフリ
Generated definitions (experimental)
  1. playing dead; feigning death; playing possum
    2. This expression refers to the act of pretending to be dead, often used as a strategy to escape danger or avoid confrontation.
    He pretended to be dead to escape from the wild animal.
    The puppy played dead out of fear.
Generated collocations (experimental)
to play deadto feign death and escapea cat that plays deadhe is good at playing deadthe technique of feigning deathto play dead to escape dangerto pretend to feign deathanimals that play deadplaying dead in an emergency situationa professional at playing dead
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