Word Meaning 人形浄瑠璃

にんぎょうじょうるり ningyoujoururi

人形浄瑠璃 is read as にんぎょうじょうるり (ningyoujoururi) and means Japanese puppet theatre in which recited narrative and dialog is accompanied by a shamisen (forerunner of bunraku).

Meaning

English

Japanese puppet theatre in which recited narrative and dialog is accompanied by a shamisen (forerunner of bunraku)

Reading

Kana

にんぎょうじょうるり

Romaji

ningyoujoururi

Stroke Sequence

5 Characters • 47 Total Strokes

Study Signals and Categories

JLPT N1 Jōyō Upper Grade Kanken 2級 Rank 22911 Priority D

Related Vocabulary

Max. 12

浄瑠璃

じょうるり

jōruri

操浄瑠璃

あやつりじょうるり

old name for the bunraku

浄瑠璃語

じょうるりかたり

jōruri reciter

人形遣い

にんぎょうづかい

puppet operator

人形を遣う

にんぎょうをつかう

to manipulate puppets

瑠璃

るり

beryl

大瑠璃

おおるり

blue-and-white flycatcher (Cyanoptila cyanomelana)

小瑠璃

こるり

Siberian blue robin (Luscinia cyane)

人形

にんぎょう

doll

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)

浄玻璃

じょうはり

mirror found in hell in Enma's chamber that allows people to see their good and bad deeds