to dance (orig. a hopping dance); to be manipulated; to dance to someone's tune
dancing; dance; iteration mark (used to represent repetition of the previous character); Bon Festival dance; Lantern Festival dance; eating live seafood (e.g. squid, ice gobies) while it is still moving; soft spot (in the skull of an infant)
place for dancing; dance floor; landing (of a staircase); leveling off (e.g. in the economy); cooling off
to manipulate (someone); to make (someone) dance to one's tune; to lead astray; to make (someone) dance; to let dance
to begin to dance; to break into a dance
Bon Festival dance; Lantern Festival dance
to begin to dance; to break into a dance
naked dance; dancing naked; striptease; strip show
traditional Japanese dance
Awa Odori Festival (Tokushima)
dancer; dancing master; dancing mistress
to be thrilled; to be excited
eating live seafood (e.g. squid, ice gobies) while it is still moving
to dance all night; to dance until dawn
to be thrilled; to be excited
Buddhist incantation using chanting, drumbeating, and dancing
kumi odori; traditional Ryūkyūan dance style
comic performance in which a face is drawn on the bare belly and the performer dances to animate it; belly dance performed as a party trick
place for dancing; dance floor; landing (of a staircase); leveling off (e.g. in the economy); cooling off
conference with much socializing but little real progress; (lit.) the congress dances (but doesn't progress)
"dancing" with hands and arms from a seated position; dancing empty-handed
to spring up; to leap to one's feet; to jump up and down
dancing or jumping for joy
kumi odori; traditional Ryūkyūan dance style
Buddhist incantation using chanting, drumbeating, and dancing
song performed while dancing; ballad
Bon Festival dance; Lantern Festival dance
you're a fool if you dance, and a fool if you just look on; we're all fools, so let's dance
contemporary dance; modern dance
song performed while dancing; ballad
traditional Japanese dance
deer dance; costumed folk dance from NE Japan
refined version of ta-asobi dance performed in Tōhoku about half way through the first lunar month
float at a festival upon which one can dance
dance music; ballet music
dance performance held in April by geisha and maiko in Kyoto's Gion district
leaping with joy; jumping about
to manipulate (someone); to make (someone) dance to one's tune; to lead astray; to make (someone) dance; to let dance
mass dancing; large-group dancing; dance with entire troupe
Buddhist incantation using chanting, drumbeating, and dancing
iteration mark (used to represent repetition of the previous character); repetition sign; ditto mark
to be manipulated; (lit.) to be made to dance
deer dance; costumed folk dance from NE Japan
we have piped unto you and ye have not danced; people ignoring one's invitation or effort to do something together
dragon dance (e.g. in the Nagasaki Kunchi festival)
what is learned in the cradle is carried to the tomb
dragon dance (e.g. in the Nagasaki Kunchi festival)
to be thrilled; to be excited
Buddhist incantation using chanting, drumbeating, and dancing
refined version of ta-asobi dance performed in Tōhoku about half way through the first lunar month
iteration mark (used to represent repetition of the previous character); repetition sign; ditto mark
what is learned in the cradle is carried to the tomb
Lamium album var. barbatum (variety of white deadnettle)
Lamium album var. barbatum (variety of white deadnettle)
dancing on a street corner
dancing on a street corner
word consisting of (two) repeated syllables