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舞 kanji
dance, flit, circle, wheel
- JLPT level
- N3 (unofficial)
- First appears in
- N4 vocabulary
- Strokes
- 15
- School grade
- Secondary school
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On readings
ブ
Kun readings
まう-まうまい
Words with 舞
LevelWord & meaningActions
- —歌舞伎劇kabuki play; kabuki drama
- —死の舞踏dance of death; danse macabre
- —舞台美術scenography; scenic design; set design; stage design
- —舞文曲筆twisting of the truth in one's writing; playing with text to distort the truth
- —地歌舞伎amateur kabuki performed at local festivals
- —舞台挨拶on-stage speech by the director and cast on the opening day of a movie or play
- —舞台女優stage actress
- —歌舞伎絵kabuki-e; shibai-e; kabuki ukiyo-e print
- —舞台探訪searching for and photography at locations used as settings for anime, manga, etc.
- —仮装舞踏会fancy dress ball; costume ball; masquerade ball
- —仮面舞踏会masquerade ball
- —晴れの舞台big moment (e.g. performance, in the spotlight); gala occasion; (on the) world stage
- —歌舞伎狂言kabuki play; kabuki drama; kabuki script
- —歌舞伎舞踊kabuki dance
- —歌舞伎踊りearly kabuki dance
- —若衆歌舞伎young men's kabuki
- —阿国歌舞伎Okuni kabuki; progenitor of modern kabuki, developed by Izumo Taisha shrine maiden Izumo no Okuni and popularized in Kyoto (early Edo period)
- —遊女歌舞伎harlots' kabuki; prostitutes' kabuki
- —歌舞伎芝居kabuki play
- —舞台に立つto appear on the stage