Word Meaning 阿波踊り

あわおどり awaodori

阿波踊り is read as あわおどり (awaodori) and means Awa Odori Festival (Tokushima).

Meaning

English

Awa Odori Festival (Tokushima)

Reading

Kana

あわおどり

Romaji

awaodori

Writing Variants

阿波おどり あわおどり awaodori

Stroke Sequence

4 Characters • 32 Total Strokes

Study Signals and Categories

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Related Vocabulary

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阿波

あわ

Awa (former province located in present-day Tokushima Prefecture)

踊る阿呆に見る阿呆

おどるあほうにみるあほう

you're a fool if you dance, and a fool if you just look on; we're all fools, so let's dance

阿南工業高等専門学校

あなんこうぎょうこうとうせんもんがっこう

Anan National College of Technology

阿付迎合

あふげいごう

ingratiation

阿国歌舞伎

おくにかぶき

Okuni kabuki

阿代

あしろ

Ophidion asiro (species of cusk eel)

阿世

あせい

timeserving

阿片戦争

あへんせんそう

Opium War (1840-42)

阿比

あび

red-throated loon (Gavia stellata)

阿武船

あたけぶね

large warship of the Muromachi and early Edo periods

阿片法

あへんほう

Opium Control Act

阿形

あぎょう

open-mouthed form (statue with open mouth, symbolizing the "a" half of "aum")