Vocabulary
Form
to assume an air of ...; to act ...; to affect ...; to pose as ...; to behave like ...; to pretend to be ...
suf
verb
Example sentences
彼（かれ）は知識人（ちしきじん）ぶるのが好（す）きだ。
He likes to posture as an intellectual.
彼（かれ）は学者（がくしゃ）ぶっている。
He set up for learning.
建築家（けんちくか）は芸術家（げいじゅつか）ぶってはならない。
An architect should not pretend to be an artist.