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    3. 空振り

    空振り

    空から振ぶり​

    swing and a miss

    KMT8News #18+1Noun, Participle, Verb, Transitive, IntransitiveSports & Martial ArtsKanji Vocab20 strokes

    から振り空ぶり

    からぶり

    Noun, Participle, Verb, Transitive, Intransitive

    1.
    swing and a miss
    2.
    (punching and) failing to make contact
    3.
    (ending in) failure, fruitless effort, vain attempt

    Stroke 0 / 20

    Speed1.0x

    彼かれはバットを空から振ぶりした。

    He swung and missed the bat.

    KMT5Sports & Martial Arts
    重じゅう要ような場ば面めんで空から振ぶりしてしまい、チームに迷めい惑わくをかけた。

    I swung and missed in an important situation, causing trouble for the team.

    KMT8Sports & Martial ArtsEmotions & Psychology
    投とう手しゅは変へん化か球きゅうで打だ者しゃに空から振ぶりを誘さそった。

    The pitcher enticed the batter to swing and miss with a breaking ball.

    KMT8Sports & Martial Arts
    彼かれのプロジェクトは、結けっ局きょくのところ空から振ぶりに終おわってしまった。

    His project, in the end, turned out to be a fruitless effort.

    KMT9Work & CareerEmotions & Psychology
    期き待たいしていた企き画かくだったが、市し場じょうの反はんの応うは空から振ぶりだった。

    It was a highly anticipated plan, but the market's reaction was a complete miss.

    KMT9Business & FinanceDaily Life

    Characters that make up this word

    空
    そら・あ.く・あ.き・あ.ける・から・す.く…(6)
    empty・sky・void・vacant・vacuum
    Kanji
    振
    ふ.る・ふ.れる・ふ.るう…(2)
    shake・wave・wag・swing
    Kanji
    り
    ri
    Kana
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