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おどり
Meanings
Noun
1. dancing; dance
Are you making a new dance again?
2. iteration mark (used to represent repetition of the previous character)
3. Bon Festival dance; Lantern Festival dance
4. eating live seafood (e.g. squid, ice gobies) while it is still moving
occ. written 躍り
5. soft spot (in the skull of an infant); fontanelle; fontanel
6. live shrimp (as a sushi dish)
7. doubling of loan interest upon bill renewal if failed to repay (Edo period); double interest
from 踊り歩
Alt. forms
踊おどり
96%
おどり
3%
躍おどり
Pitch accent
お
どり
Used in: 108
Used in vocabulary (35 in total)
to spring at; to leap upon
to spring up; to leap to one's feet; to jump up and down
to jump into; to rush into
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Examples (10 in total)
Did you start dancing?
"Are you going to the dance?" "Of course!"
The waltz and the samba are dances.
I wanted to see her dance one last time.
Are you making a new dance again?
What kind of dance is that?
My girlfriend is a good dancer.
I think she is a good dancer.
Um, isn't there a slightly more aggressive dance?
At the winter festival, Beth received an award for dancing the best.