Word Meaning 人形
にんぎょう
ningyou
人形 is read as にんぎょう (ningyou) and means doll.
Meaning
English
- doll
- puppet
- marionette
- puppet (person under the control of another)
- straw man
- yes-man
Reading
Kana
にんぎょう
Romaji
ningyou
Stroke Sequence
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Related Vocabulary
Max. 12人形浄瑠璃
にんぎょうじょうるり
Japanese puppet theatre in which recited narrative and dialog is accompanied by a shamisen (forerunner of bunraku)
Example Sentences
10あの人形怖い。
That doll is scary.
あのお人形が欲しい!
I want that doll.
それは日本人形だ。
That is a Japanese doll.
これは日本人形です。
This is a Japanese doll.
この人形は私のです。
This doll belongs to me.
妹は人形で遊んでるよ。
My younger sister is playing with a doll.
妹は人形で遊んでいる。
My sister is playing with a doll.
この人形、自分で作ったの?
Did you make this doll by yourself?
この人形、一人で作ったの?
Did you make this doll by yourself?
私は彼女に人形を送った。
I sent her a doll.
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