おどり
Meanings
Noun
1. dance
Pitch accent
どり
Used in vocabulary (28 in total)
to spring up; to leap to one's feet; to jump up and down
to spring up; to leap to one's feet; to jump up and down
dancing or jumping for joy
to begin to dance; to break into a dance
Awa Odori Festival (Tokushima)
to dance in ecstasy
song performed while dancing; ballad
dancer (usu. female)
to dance all night; to dance until dawn
Bon Festival dance; Lantern Festival dance
naked dance; dancing naked; striptease; strip show
Awa Odori Festival (Tokushima)
"dancing" with hands and arms from a seated position; dancing empty-handed
early kabuki dance
dance hall; dance floor; landing (stairs); leveling off (e.g. in the economy); period of stagnation
Buddhist incantation using chanting, drumbeating, and dancing
Buddhist incantation using chanting, drumbeating, and dancing
to dance away
dance performance held in April by geisha and maiko in Kyoto's Gion district
float at a festival upon which one can dance
mass dancing; large-group dancing; dance with entire troupe
iteration mark (used to represent repetition of the previous character); ditto mark
mass dancing; large-group dancing; dance with entire troupe
dragon dance (e.g. in the Nagasaki Kunchi festival)
refined version of ta-asobi dance performed in Tōhoku about half way through the first lunar month
dancing on a street corner
word consisting of (two) repeated syllables
Examples (5 in total)
"Are you going to the dance?" "Of course!"
The waltz and the samba are dances.
My girlfriend is a good dancer.