Word Meaning 達磨

だるま daruma

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

Meaning

English

  1. Bodhidharma
  2. prostitute
  3. daruma
  4. tumbling doll
  5. 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 13690 Priority C

Related Vocabulary

Max. 12

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

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

鬼達磨鰧

おにだるまおこぜ

reef stonefish (Synanceia verrucosa)

阿毘達磨倶舍論

あびだつまくしゃろん

Abhidharma Storehouse Treatise

達筆

たっぴつ

good handwriting