Word Meaning 鬼剣舞

おにけんばい onikembai

鬼剣舞 is read as おにけんばい (onikembai) and means Demon's Sword Dance (traditional dance of the Kitakami, Iwate area).

Meaning

English

Demon's Sword Dance (traditional dance of the Kitakami, Iwate area)

Reading

Kana

おにけんばい

Romaji

onikembai

Stroke Sequence

3 Characters • 35 Total Strokes

Study Signals and Categories

JLPT N1 Jōyō Upper Grade Kanken 4級 Rank 138249 Priority V

Related Vocabulary

Max. 12

剣舞

けんぶ

sword dance

剣の舞

つるぎのまい

Sabre Dance

剣鬼

けんき

Sword Devil (collection of short stories by Renzaburō Shibata and 1965 film)

鬼

き

Chinese "ghost" constellation (one of the 28 mansions)

鬼神

きじん

fierce god

鬼子母神

きしぼじん

Hariti (goddess of childbirth and children)

鬼才

きさい

wizard

鬼気

きき

ghastly

鬼門

きもん

weak point

鬼田平子

おにたびらこ

Oriental false hawksbeard (Youngia japonica)

鬼も十八番茶も出花

おにもじゅうはちばんちゃもでばな

just as even coarse tea tastes good when fresh, even homely girls look beautiful at the peak of their youth

鬼も十八

おにもじゅうはち

even homely girls look beautiful at the peak of their youth