Word Meaning 達磨

だるま daruma

達磨 is read as だるま (daruma) and means Bodhidharma.

Meaning

English

Bodhidharma
prostitute
daruma
tumbling doll
round, red-painted good-luck doll in the shape of Bodhidharma, with a blank eye to be completed when a person's wish is granted

Reading

Kana

だるま

Romaji

daruma

Stroke Sequence

2 Characters • 28 Total Strokes

Study Signals and Categories

JLPT N2 Jōyō Upper Grade Kanken 準2級 Rank 2203 Priority A

Related Vocabulary

Max. 12

達磨さんが転んだ

だるまさんがころんだ

children's game similar to Statues or Red Light Green Light

達磨落し

だるまおとし

daruma otoshi

達磨歌

だるまうた

confusing song or poem (esp. used derogatorily to describe a style of middle-age Japanese poetry popularized by Fujiwara no Teika)

達磨船

だるません

barge

達磨ストーブ

だるますとーぶ

potbelly stove

火達磨

ひだるま

ball of flames

血達磨

ちだるま

covered in blood

達磨宗

だるましゅう

Zen (Buddhism)

達磨忌

だるまき

ceremony held in honor (honour) of Bodhidharma (October 5)

達磨鮫

だるまざめ

cookie-cutter shark (Isistius brasiliensis)

阿毘達磨

あびだつま

abhidharma

菩提達磨

ぼだいだるま

Bodhidharma

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