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踊おどり
Meanings
Noun
1. dancing; dance
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
Kanji used
踊
dance
Pitch accent
お
どり
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Used in: 1536
Used in vocabulary (29 in total)
place for dancing; dance floor; landing (of a staircase); leveling off (e.g. in the economy); cooling off
dancer (usu. female)
to begin to dance; to break into a dance
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Examples (5 in total)
"Are you going to the dance?" "Of course!"
The waltz and the samba are dances.
My girlfriend is a good dancer.
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