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

2 Characters • 9 Total Strokes

Study Signals and Categories

JLPT N3 Jōyō Grade 2 Kanken 9級 Rank 2465 Priority A

Related Vocabulary

Max. 12

人形回し

にんぎょうまわし

puppet operator

人形の家

にんぎょうのいえ

The Doll's House (play by Ibsen)

五月人形

ごがつにんぎょう

Boys' May Festival dolls

自動人形

じどうにんぎょう

automaton

生き人形

いきにんぎょう

lifelike doll

京人形

きょうにんぎょう

Kyoto doll

人形遣い

にんぎょうづかい

puppet operator

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)

人形を遣う

にんぎょうをつかう

to manipulate puppets

操り人形

あやつりにんぎょう

puppet

市松人形

いちまつにんぎょう

ichimatsu doll

博多人形

はかたにんぎょう

Hakata doll

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