踊り

Meanings

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
5. soft spot (in the skull of an infant); fontanelle; fontanel

Part of speech: noun

Kanji

• 踊

  Meanings

  jump, dance, leap, skip

  On reading

  ヨウ

  Kun reading

  おど.る

  Strokes

  14

Example sentences

• 私のガールフレンドは踊りがうまい。

  My girlfriend is a good dancer.

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