マイ
Meanings
Noun
1. dancing; dance
The dance is about to begin.
Pitch accent
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Used in vocabulary (43 in total)
maiko; apprentice geisha (in Kyoto)
dancer
hen-of-the-woods (species of polypore mushroom, Grifola frondosa)
end; close; finish; noh dance in plain clothes
lion dance; traditional dance performed by one or more dancers wearing a guardian lion costume
behavior; behaviour; conduct; entertainment; treat; feast
female dancer; dancing girl; danseuse
whirl of busyness; flurry of activity; being rushed off one's feet; having a very busy time (doing)
whirling; going round and round; rushing a person off his feet; panicking; rushing around in a fluster; working in a panic
visit (to someone affected by illness or misfortune); call; inquiry (about someone's health); letter of inquiry; letter of sympathy; get-well letter
dancer (esp. a bugaku dancer)
farewell dinner (given by someone about to leave on a trip)
... all over again (repeating the same failure)
lavish feast; splendid banquet; corporate largess; lavish hospitality
court music pavilion in a Shinto shrine; kagura hall
whirlwind
shrine maiden's ceremonial dance (in kagura)
recitative dance
dancer's fan
style of recitative dance popular during the Muromachi period (often with a military theme)
laths; bamboo lathing; short kyogen dance, danced to chanted accompaniment
dinner and drinks served after a wake
dancing figure; one's appearance when dancing; dancing posture
dance done by two persons or more
lavish feast; splendid banquet; corporate largess; lavish hospitality
dancing costume
traditional Kyoto dance
(being so overjoyed that) one cannot help but dance; unable to contain one's excitement; jumping for joy; (arch.) being in such a panic that one doesn't know what to do; (arch.) being completely flustered
kanji "dancing legs" radical (radical 136)
dragon dance (in Chinese culture)
court dance performed by children
dance where a female dancer dresses up as a man (late Heian to early Kamakura period); noh dance performed by a man without a mask
dancing together in unison (in noh, kyogen, etc.)
dance performed by a single person
The Eagle Has Landed (1975 novel by Jack Higgins)
telegraph plant (Codariocalyx motorius); semaphore plant; dancing plant
aural highlight of a noh play in which the main actor dances
Japanese dancing mouse (Mus musculus musculus)
dance recital praising Buddha, which accompanies the recital of a gatha (in the Pure Land Sect of Buddhism)
hard work gone unnoticed; thankless task; (lit.) a dance under a veranda; off-stage dance that used to be performed on the 22th of the 2nd month in the lunar calendar in Osaka's Tennōji temple
seasonal feast; New Year feast
Sabre Dance
Examples (4 in total)
The dance is about to begin.
I'm not good at dancing.
The dancer's graceful action charmed the audience.