死んだフリして難をのがれたそうです。

Sentence Analyzer

死んだ ふり して のがれた そう です

English Translation

He says he avoided the danger by playing dead.

Furigana

()んだフリして(なん)をのがれたそうです。

Romanji

Shinda furi shite nan o nogareta sō desu.

Words

死ぬ (しぬ)
to die; to pass away; to lose spirit; to lose vigor; to look dead; to cease; to stop
振り (ふり)
swing; shake; wave; swinging; appearance; behaviour; pretence (pretense); show; pretending (to); going to restaurant, hotel etc. without a reservation or introduction; move (dance); postures; lead in (e.g. to a running joke, asking a question); lead up; unsewn part of a hanging sleeve on a traditional Japanese woman's garment; counter for swords, blades, etc.
為る (する)
to do; to cause to become; to make (into); to turn (into); to serve as; to act as; to work as; to wear (clothes, a facial expression, etc.); to judge as being; to view as being; to think of as; to treat as; to use as; to decide on; to choose; to be sensed (of a smell, noise, etc.); to be (in a state, condition, etc.); to be worth; to cost; to pass (of time); to elapse; verbalizing suffix (applies to nouns noted in this dictionary with the part of speech "vs"); creates a humble verb (after a noun prefixed with "o" or "go"); to be just about to; to be just starting to; to try to; to attempt to
(なん)
difficulty; trouble; hardship; accident; disaster; danger; fault; defect; criticism
()
indicates direct object of action; indicates subject of causative expression; indicates an area traversed; indicates time (period) over which action takes place; indicates point of departure or separation of action; indicates object of desire, like, hate, etc.
逃れる (のがれる)
to escape
そう (そう)
so; really; seeming; appearing that; seeming that; looking like; having the appearance of
です (です)
be; is

Kanji

Readings: シ、 し.ぬ、 し.に-
Meanings: death, die
Readings: ナン、 かた.い、 -がた.い、 むずか.しい、 むづか.しい、 むつか.しい、 -にく.い
Meanings: difficult, impossible, trouble, accident, defect