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にんぎょう
Meanings
Noun
1. doll; puppet; marionette
There was one doll.
2. puppet (person under the control of another); straw man; yes-man
I'm not your puppet.
Alt. forms
人にん形ぎょう
99%
にんぎょう
Pitch accent
に
んぎょう
Used in: 38
Used in vocabulary (47 in total)
snowman
puppet; marionette
hina doll; doll displayed during the Girls' Festival
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Examples (80 in total)
That doll is scary.
My sister is playing with a doll.
I stare intently at the doll.
The girl hugged her doll.
It was a doll, no matter how you looked at it.
Dolls were lined up along the wall.
Kate is dressing her doll.
Who made the doll?
How many dolls are needed?
That is a lovely doll, isn't it?
I want that doll!
I got her a doll.
Where did you find that doll?
I gave my sister a doll.
There was one doll.
I sent her a doll.
She has a pretty doll.
Did you make this doll by yourself?
She gave me a doll.
I'm not your puppet.
What a pretty doll this is!
There is a doll in the box.
A puppet moves only when it is manipulated.
I'm sorry, I broke the doll.
It's hard to work a puppet with strings.
My grandfather is good at working puppets.
The doll lay on the floor.
He presented her with a doll.
I gave her a doll in return.
The girl was gazing at the doll.
We implant hair into the doll's head.
I took the doll's clothes off and washed them.
This doll is a gift from my aunt.
The dolls jump up and down happily.
Her doll was run over by a car.
This doll costs only sixty cents.
My daughter has taken up doll collecting.
This doll has big eyes.
It was a doll made of kindness.
Show me the doll that you bought yesterday.
Mother made a doll for me.
This is a doll that she made herself.
I collect dolls from different countries.
What was handed to me with those words was a paper doll.
The broken doll is mine.
A doll in red clothing was standing in front of me.
Some of the dolls are too expensive to buy.
I used to play with dolls a lot when I was a little girl.
The doll's face contorts sadly.
My daughter likes to play with dolls.
In general, little girls are fond of dolls.
The baby is not bigger than this doll.
I made a doll for Ann.
She will lay the doll on her bed.
The girl always carries her doll about.
Mary's father bought Mary a doll.
It is a doll named Julia, which I cherished when I was a young child.
She spends her leisure time making dolls.
Little girls in general are fond of dolls.
He does whatever his parents tell him, like a puppet.
I felt as if the doll had helped me.
The old man gave her a small doll.
Mom bought a pretty doll for me.
My sister made me a beautiful doll.
Keiko bought a new shelf, on which she put her dolls.
Anyone would be surprised if they suddenly saw a moving doll.
A puppet that has fulfilled its role exits the stage.
He carved me a wooden doll.
The girl cherishes a doll given by her aunt.
The old man named the wooden doll Pinocchio.
Will you really send me a Japanese doll?
She made the doll for me.
It seems the girl forced the doll out through the narrow gap.
It is just like a doll made to imitate the human form.
Covered with dust, the doll stood in the corner of the room.
I'd like a doll, a new bicycle..... and peace on earth!
I'm no puppet dancing in the palm of your hand.
A friend of mine showed me all the dolls he had bought abroad.
Coupled with the effect of the costume, she looked like a doll.
Most dolls had a tag attached to them bearing the maker's name.