ニンギョウ
Meanings
Noun
1. doll; puppet; marionette
2. puppet (person under the control of another); straw man; yes-man
Pitch accent
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Used in vocabulary (45 in total)
doll clothed in chrysanthemum flowers and branches; doll made from chrysanthemum flowers
automaton; automata
puppet; marionette
puppet operator; puppet manipulator; puppeteer
straw doll; straw figure; straw effigy
clay doll; clay figure; clay figurine
wax figure; wax doll; wax model; waxwork
mechanical doll; automaton; string puppet; marionette; (fig.) person who follows orders blindly
lifelike life-sized doll (made in the late Edo and Meiji periods); doll-like beauty
hina doll; doll displayed during the Girls' Festival
sex slave; sex doll
doll cake; sponge cake in various shapes filled with red bean paste
Japanese puppet theatre in which recited narrative and dialog is accompanied by a shamisen (forerunner of bunraku)
finger puppet
ichimatsu doll; traditional Japanese doll with a torso made of hardened sawdust
The Nutcracker (ballet by Tchaikovsky)
The Doll's House (play by Ibsen)
nodding doll; bobblehead
Boys' May Festival dolls
toy soldier; soldier figurine
The Nutcracker (ballet by Tchaikovsky)
puppet animation
paper doll modeled after a kimono-clad woman
wooden doll with Japanese costumes made from cloth with the edges tucked into grooves in the wood; kimekomi doll
puppet operator
puppet with a moving mouth
var. of puppet popular in the Edo period
tile figure; ceramic figurine
plastic toy (e.g. fish) suspended in a sealed glass tube filled with fluid; toy for use in the bath
cutout (paper) doll
Japanese-style doll; doll with traditional Japanese clothing
sock puppet (hand puppet made from a stocking or sock); sock puppet (online pseudonym account used for deception)
Examples (53 in total)
My sister is playing with a doll.
The girl hugged her doll.
Kate is dressing her doll.