オドリ
Meanings
Noun
1. dancing; dance
Are you making a new dance again?
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
occ. written 躍り
5. soft spot (in the skull of an infant); fontanelle; fontanel
6. live shrimp (as a sushi dish)
7. doubling of loan interest upon bill renewal if failed to repay (Edo period); double interest
from 踊り歩
Pitch accent
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ドリ
Used in vocabulary (23 in total)
dancer (usu. female)
Bon Festival dance; Lantern Festival dance
Awa Odori Festival (Tokushima)
Examples (10 in total)
Did you start dancing?
"Are you going to the dance?" "Of course!"
The waltz and the samba are dances.