踊り
Meanings
Noun
1. dancing; dance
2. iteration mark (used to represent repetition of the previous character) (Abbreviation)
3. Bon Festival dance; Lantern Festival dance (Abbreviation)
4. eating live seafood (e.g. squid, ice gobies) while it is still moving (Abbreviation, occ. written 躍り)
5. soft spot (in the skull of an infant); fontanelle; fontanel
6. live shrimp (as a sushi dish)
Kanji used
Pitch accent
おどり
Used in vocabulary
踊り場
place for dancing; dance floor; landing (of a staircase); leveling off (e.g. in the economy); cooling off; (period of) stagnation; lull; plateau
Noun
踊り字
iteration mark (used to represent repetition of the previous character); repetition sign; ditto mark
Noun
田植え踊り
refined version of ta-asobi dance performed in Tōhoku about half way through the first lunar month
Noun
Examples17
私の
My girlfriend is a good dancer.
踊り
Let's go dancing, shall we?
私
I think she is a good dancer.
彼女
She can sing and dance beautifully.
この
May I have this dance?
冬
At the winter festival, Beth received an award for dancing the best.