Word Meaning 棒手振

ぼてふり botefuri

棒手振 is read as ぼてふり (botefuri) and means Edo-era street merchant who carried wares hanging from a pole, hawking them in the street.

Meaning

English

Edo-era street merchant who carried wares hanging from a pole, hawking them in the street

Reading

Kana

ぼてふり

Romaji

botefuri

Writing Variants

棒手振り ぼてふり botefuri

Stroke Sequence

3 Characters • 26 Total Strokes

Study Signals and Categories

JLPT N1 Jōyō Upper Grade Kanken 4級 Rank 95072 Priority O

Related Vocabulary

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棒振り

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棒に振る

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手弱女振

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feminine poetic style (e.g. in the Man'yōshū)

赤棒振

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手振り

てぶり

(hand) gesture

大手を振る

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to swing one's arms greatly while walking

手を振る

てをふる

to wave one's hand

手棒

てぼう

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棒高跳び

ぼうたかとび

pole vault

不振

ふしん

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三振

さんしん

strikeout