Word Meaning 紙芝居

かみしばい kamishibai

紙芝居 is read as かみしばい (kamishibai) and means kamishibai.

Meaning

English

kamishibai
storytelling with pictures
form of Japanese street theater and storytelling (popular from the 1930s to the 1950s)

Reading

Kana

かみしばい

Romaji

kamishibai

Stroke Sequence

3 Characters • 24 Total Strokes

Study Signals and Categories

JLPT N1 Jōyō Upper Grade Kanken 4級 Rank 16111 Priority C

Related Vocabulary

Max. 12

芝居

しばい

play

一人芝居

ひとりしばい

one-person show

道化芝居

どうけしばい

farce

人形芝居

にんぎょうしばい

puppet show

一芝居

ひとしばい

trick

大芝居

おおしばい

theatre with a government licence (Edo period)

素人芝居

しろうとしばい

amateur theatricals

地芝居

じしばい

community performance (amateur theatricals, etc.)

小芝居

こしばい

small theatre

村芝居

むらしばい

play put on in a village

歌舞伎芝居

かぶきしばい

kabuki play

田舎芝居

いなかしばい

provincial theatrical performance

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紙芝居屋 Storyteller