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This page lists vocabulary that uses kanji 踊, together with readings and short meaning cues.

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The current data lists 52 vocabulary entries that use kanji 踊.

Kanji 踊 Words: Meanings and Readings

踊り

おどり

dance

盆踊り

ぼんおどり

Bon Festival dance

踊り場

おどりば

landing (of a staircase)

舞踊

ぶよう

dancing

踊る

おどる

to dance (orig. a hopping dance)

踊り子

おどりこ

dancer (usu. female)

踊らされる

おどらされる

to be manipulated

小躍り

こおどり

dancing or jumping for joy

阿波おどり

あわおどり

Awa Odori Festival (Tokushima)

音楽に合わせて踊る

おんがくにあわせておどる

to dance to the music

歌舞伎舞踊

かぶきぶよう

kabuki dance

歌舞伎踊り

かぶきおどり

early kabuki dance

現代舞踊

げんだいぶよう

contemporary dance

手踊り

ておどり

"dancing" with hands and arms from a seated position

心が躍る

こころがおどる

to be thrilled

雀百まで踊り忘れず

すずめひゃくまでおどりわすれず

what is learned in the cradle is carried to the tomb

総踊り

そうおどり

mass dancing

辻踊

つじおどり

dancing on a street corner

笛吹けども踊らず

ふえふけどもおどらず

we have piped unto you and ye have not danced

田植え踊り

たうえおどり

refined version of ta-asobi dance performed in Tōhoku about half way through the first lunar month

都をどり

みやこをどり

dance performance held in April by geisha and maiko in Kyoto's Gion district

日本舞踊

にほんぶよう

traditional Japanese dance

日本踊

にほんおどり

traditional Japanese dance

念仏踊り

ねんぶつおどり

Buddhist incantation using chanting, drumbeating, and dancing

舞い躍る

まいおどる

to dance

舞踊家

ぶようか

dancer

舞踊曲

ぶようきょく

dance music

舞踊劇

ぶようげき

dance drama

舞踊団

ぶようだん

dance troupe

盆踊り唄

ぼんおどりうた

Bon Festival dance song

民俗舞踊

みんぞくぶよう

folk dance

民踊

みんよう

folk dance

躍り上がる

おどりあがる

to spring up

踊らす

おどらす

to make (someone) dance

踊らせる

おどらせる

to make (someone) dance

踊りだす

おどりだす

to begin to dance

踊り屋台

おどりやたい

float at a festival upon which one can dance

踊り歌

おどりうた

song performed while dancing

踊り狂う

おどりくるう

to dance in ecstasy

踊り言葉

おどりことば

word consisting of (two) repeated syllables

踊り字

おどりじ

iteration mark (used to represent repetition of the previous character)

踊り手

おどりて

dancer

踊り食い

おどりぐい

eating live seafood (e.g. squid, ice gobies) while it is still moving

踊り念仏

おどりねんぶつ

Buddhist incantation using chanting, drumbeating, and dancing

踊り抜く

おどりぬく

to dance away

踊り明かす

おどりあかす

to dance all night

踊る阿呆に見る阿呆

おどるあほうにみるあほう

you're a fool if you dance, and a fool if you just look on; we're all fools, so let's dance

踊る大捜査線

おどるだいそうさせん

Odoru Daisōsasen (1997 TV drama)

踊子草

おどりこそう

Lamium album var. barbatum (variety of white deadnettle)

踊躍

ようやく

leaping with joy

裸踊り

はだかおどり

naked dance

龍踊り

じゃおどり

dragon dance (e.g. in the Nagasaki Kunchi festival)