躍り – Vocabulary details

躍おどり

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

jump around

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どり

to leap out (e.g. onto the stage); to spring out; to jump (e.g. into first place); to shoot (e.g. to the top); to come to the forefront

to spring at; to leap upon

dancing or jumping for joy

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