Kanji1 / 15
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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Kun readings
まう-まうまい
Words with 舞
LevelWord & meaningActions
- —江戸歌舞伎Edo-style kabuki
- —上方歌舞伎kabuki in the Kyoto-Osaka style
- —清水の舞台the veranda of Kiyomizu Temple (located on a steep hillside overlooking Kyoto)
- —舞台化作品stage adaptation; theatrical adaptation
- —歌舞伎十八番repertoire of 18 kabuki plays
- —舞台に掛けるto put on stage
- —歌舞伎症候群kabuki syndrome; kabuki makeup syndrome
- —世界を舞台にglobally; on the global stage; on a worldwide level
- —ハンガリー舞曲Hungarian Dances (Brahms)
- —ハンチントン舞踏病Huntington's chorea
- —清水の舞台から飛び降りるto make a leap into the dark; to take the plunge; to jump in at the deep end; to jump off the veranda of the Kiyomizu temple
- —歌舞妓kabuki; traditional form of drama and music performed by male actors wearing makeup mainly in white and red
- —晴舞台big moment (e.g. performance, in the spotlight); gala occasion; (on the) world stage
- —舞踏會ball; dance
- —桧舞台stage made of Japanese cypress (in noh, kabuki, etc.); the limelight; the big stage; the big time
- —独り舞台performing solo; having the stage to oneself; being in sole command; eclipsing (outshining) the others; field of activity in which one is unrivaled (unrivalled)
- —廻り舞台revolving stage
- —歌舞伎者kabukimono; Edo-period samurai who attracted public attention with their eye-catching clothes, peculiar hairstyle, and eccentric behavior
- —歌舞伎踊early kabuki dance
- —ひのき舞台stage made of Japanese cypress (in noh, kabuki, etc.); the limelight; the big stage; the big time