to dance (orig. a hopping dance); to be manipulated; to dance to someone's tune
dancing; dance; iteration mark (used to represent repetition of the previous character); Bon Festival dance; Lantern Festival dance; eating live seafood (e.g. squid, ice gobies) while it is still moving; soft spot (in the skull of an infant)
place for dancing; dance floor; landing (of a staircase); leveling off (e.g. in the economy); cooling off
to manipulate (someone); to make (someone) dance to one's tune; to lead astray; to make (someone) dance; to let dance
to begin to dance; to break into a dance
Bon Festival dance; Lantern Festival dance
naked dance; dancing naked; striptease; strip show
Awa Odori Festival (Tokushima)
Buddhist incantation using chanting, drumbeating, and dancing
to be thrilled; to be excited
eating live seafood (e.g. squid, ice gobies) while it is still moving
kumi odori; traditional Ryūkyūan dance style
to be thrilled; to be excited
to dance all night; to dance until dawn
comic performance in which a face is drawn on the bare belly and the performer dances to animate it; belly dance performed as a party trick
conference with much socializing but little real progress; (lit.) the congress dances (but doesn't progress)
"dancing" with hands and arms from a seated position; dancing empty-handed
dancing or jumping for joy
to spring up; to leap to one's feet; to jump up and down
song performed while dancing; ballad
Buddhist incantation using chanting, drumbeating, and dancing
you're a fool if you dance, and a fool if you just look on; we're all fools, so let's dance
deer dance; costumed folk dance from NE Japan
float at a festival upon which one can dance
dance performance held in April by geisha and maiko in Kyoto's Gion district
mass dancing; large-group dancing; dance with entire troupe
to manipulate (someone); to make (someone) dance to one's tune; to lead astray; to make (someone) dance; to let dance
to be manipulated; (lit.) to be made to dance
iteration mark (used to represent repetition of the previous character); repetition sign; ditto mark
what is learned in the cradle is carried to the tomb
we have piped unto you and ye have not danced; people ignoring one's invitation or effort to do something together
dragon dance (e.g. in the Nagasaki Kunchi festival)
word consisting of (two) repeated syllables
refined version of ta-asobi dance performed in Tōhoku about half way through the first lunar month
dancing on a street corner
Lamium album var. barbatum (variety of white deadnettle)