まい
Meanings
Noun
1. dancing; dance
Kanji used
traditional dance
Pitch accent
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Used in vocabulary (43 in total)
maiko; apprentice geisha; dancing girl
... all over again (repeating the same failure)
dancer (esp. a bugaku dancer)
female dancer; dancing girl; danseuse
visiting ill or distressed people; writing get-well letters; get-well gifts; get-well letters; expression of sympathy; expression of concern
lion dance; traditional dance performed by one or more dancers wearing a guardian lion costume
end; close; finish; noh dance in plain clothes
to dance; to perform a dance
court music pavilion in a Shinto shrine; kagura hall
hen-of-the-woods (species of polypore mushroom, Grifola frondosa)
recitative dance
shrine maiden's ceremonial dance (in kagura)
style of recitative dance popular during the Muromachi period (often with a military theme)
to soar; to fly high; to be whirled up; to make merry; to be ecstatic; to be in high spirits
dancing figure; one's appearance when dancing; dancing posture
to soar; to fly high; to be whirled up; to make merry; to be ecstatic; to be in high spirits
laths; bamboo lathing; short kyogen dance, danced to chanted accompaniment
whirl of busyness; flurry of activity; being rushed off one's feet; having a very busy time (doing)
to flutter down
movements; behavior; behaviour; bearing; deportment; manners
to dance down (leaves, petals, etc.); to fall as if dancing
dragon dance (in Chinese culture)
dance where a female dancer dresses up as a man (late Heian to early Kamakura period); noh dance performed by a man without a mask
dancing together in unison (in noh, kyogen, etc.)
dance performed by a single person
to swoop down upon; to fly down; to alight
movements; manner; behaviour; farewell dinner (given by someone about to leave on a trip)
movements; manner; behaviour; farewell dinner (given by someone about to leave on a trip)
dance done by two persons or more
traditional Kyoto dance
to fly up (as if dancing); to soar; to rise
kanji "dancing legs" radical (radical 136)
dancing together in unison (in noh, kyogen, etc.)
hard work gone unnoticed; thankless task; (lit.) a dance under a veranda; off-stage dance that used to be performed on the 22th of the 2nd month in the lunar calendar in Osaka's Tennōji temple
aural highlight of a noh play in which the main actor dances
dance recital praising Buddha, which accompanies the recital of a gatha (in the Pure Land Sect of Buddhism)
Japanese dancing mouse (Mus musculus musculus)
telegraph plant (Codariocalyx motorius); semaphore plant; dancing plant
Examples (1 in total)
The dancer's graceful action charmed the audience.