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    3. 人形浄瑠璃

    人形浄瑠璃

    人にん形ぎょう浄じょう瑠る璃り

    Japanese puppet theatre in which recited narrative and dialog is accompanied by a shamisen (forerunner of bunraku)

    NTNews #38+1NounCulture & TraditionsMusic & EntertainmentKanji Vocab47 strokes

    にんぎょうじょうるり

    Noun

    1.
    Japanese puppet theatre in which recited narrative and dialog is accompanied by a shamisen (forerunner of bunraku)

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    Kanji that make up this word

    人
    ひと・-り・-と…(7)
    person
    形
    かた・-がた・かたち・なり…(3)
    shape・form・style
    浄
    きよ.める・きよ.い…(2)
    clean・purify・cleanse・exorcise・Manchu Dynasty
    瑠
    lapis lazuli
    璃
    glassy・lapis lazuli
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