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    3. 三人遣い

    三人遣い

    三さん人にん遣づかい​

    three-person operation of a puppet (bunraku)

    NTNounCulture & TraditionsKanji Vocab20 strokes

    さんにんづかい

    Noun

    1.
    three-person operation of a puppet (bunraku)

    Stroke 0 / 20

    Speed1.0x

    Characters that make up this word

    三
    み・み.つ・みっ.つ…(17)
    three
    Kanji
    人
    ひと・-り・-と…(7)
    person
    Kanji
    遣
    つか.う・-つか.い・-づか.い・つか.わす・や.る…(1)
    dispatch・despatch・send・give・donate…(2)
    Kanji
    い
    i
    Kana
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