ニンギョウ
Meanings
Noun
1. doll; puppet; figure
Pitch accent
ンギョウ
Used in vocabulary (32 in total)
doll clothed in chrysanthemum flowers and branches; doll made from chrysanthemum flowers; beautiful but stupid girl
puppet; marionette
automaton; automata
puppet operator; puppet manipulator; puppeteer
straw doll; straw figure; straw effigy
clay doll; clay figure; clay figurine
waxwork; wax model
mechanical doll; automaton; string puppet; marionette; (fig.) person who follows orders blindly
hina doll; doll displayed during the Girls' Festival
lifelike doll
doll cake; sponge cake in various shapes filled with red bean paste
Japanese puppet theatre in which recited narrative and dialog is accompanied by a shamisen (forerunner of bunraku)
hand puppet; glove puppet
ichimatsu doll; traditional Japanese doll with a torso made of hardened sawdust
Boys' May Festival dolls
toy soldier; soldier figurine
puppetoon; stop-motion animation with puppets
wooden doll with Japanese costumes made from cloth with the edges tucked into grooves in the wood; kimekomi doll
puppet operator
paper doll modeled after a kimono-clad woman (modelled)
puppet with a moving mouth
var. of puppet popular in the Edo period
tile figure; ceramic figurine
cutout (paper) doll
Examples (53 in total)
My sister is playing with a doll.
The girl hugged her doll.
Kate is dressing her doll.