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

  1. doll
  2. puppet
  3. marionette
  4. puppet (person under the control of another)
  5. straw man
  6. 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 2133 Priority A

Related Vocabulary

Max. 12

人形回し

にんぎょうまわし

puppet operator

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)

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

兵隊人形

へいたいにんぎょう

toy soldier

整形美人

せいけいびじん

a plastic-surgery beauty

Example Sentences

10

That doll is scary.

I want that doll.

That is a Japanese doll.

This is a Japanese doll.

This doll belongs to me.

My younger sister is playing with a doll.

My sister is playing with a doll.

Did you make this doll by yourself?

Did you make this doll by yourself?

I sent her a doll.