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JLPT N4 · Noun

踊り (odori)

踊り (おどり, odori) is a Japanese noun meaning “dancing; dance”. It appears in JLPT N4 vocabulary lists and is marked as a common word in JMdict.

Reading
おどり
Romaji
odori
Word class
Noun
Level
JLPT N4 (unofficial)

Meaning

  1. dancing; dance · noun
  2. iteration mark (used to represent repetition of the previous character) · noun · abbreviation
  3. Bon Festival dance; Lantern Festival dance · noun · abbreviation
  4. eating live seafood (e.g. squid, ice gobies) while it is still moving · noun · abbreviation · occ. written 躍り
  5. soft spot (in the skull of an infant); fontanelle; fontanel · noun

Example sentences

私のガールフレンドは踊りがうまい。
My girlfriend is a good dancer.
Tatoeba #164229

Sentences from the Tatoeba project, linked to this word in JMdict.

Kanji in 踊り

踊
jump, dance, leapヨウ・おど.る · 14 strokes

Related words

Other vocabulary sharing a kanji with 踊り.

踊るおどるto dance (orig. a hopping dance)

Source: JMdict entry 1546880 (EDRDG, CC BY-SA 4.0). Level: unofficial JLPT list – how levels are assigned.