Word Meaning 棒手振り

ぼてふり botefuri

棒手振り 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 ぼてふり botefuri

Stroke Sequence

4 Characters • 28 Total Strokes

Study Signals and Categories

JLPT N1 Jōyō Upper Grade Kanken 4級 Rank 97067 Priority P

Related Vocabulary

Max. 12

棒振り

ぼうふり

Edo policeman

棒に振る

ぼうにふる

to make a mess of

手振り

てぶり

(hand) gesture

身振り手振り

みぶりてぶり

gestures

手弱女振り

たおやめぶり

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

大手を振る

おおでをふる

to swing one's arms greatly while walking

手を振る

てをふる

to wave one's hand

手棒

てんぼう

person missing at least one hand

棒高跳び

ぼうたかとび

pole vault

振り

ふり

counter for swords, blades, etc.

身振り

みぶり

gesture

振り

ぶり

after (period of time) again (e.g. meeting again after a year)