ほら吹き Blowing a Shell or Tell a Lie
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ほら吹き Blowing a Shell or Tell a Lie |
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ほら吹き |
吹き飛ばす fuki tobasu - to blow off, (literally and metaphorically), brush away [A] |
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  Wilber's mind was bubbling with the beginnings of a mighty fine misunderstanding. |
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SUGGESTED USAGE: 趣味ですか？それはね、ほらを吹くことです。 |
ABOUT SUGGESTED USAGE:
趣味 shumi - hobby A common question at introductions
ですか desu ka - (question marker)
それはね sore wa ne - That is... You will often hear *introductions* such as this to what the speaker is saying. You can imagine this gives the listener a dramatic pause before being belted with something profound
ほらを吹く hora o fuku - blowing a shell -or- lying through his teeth HORA O FUKU basically means the same as HORA FUKI. We changed it to the basic verb form in order to use KOTO (see below)
こと koto - thing You could say [hora fuki desu.], Adding the koto may give it umph, but really there is no difference. To make this form, use the simple form of the verb (FUKU) plus koto
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