Japanese

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Kanji in this term
じゃ
Grade: S
おど(り)
Grade: S
goon kun'yomi
Alternative spellings
蛇踊り
龍踊
竜踊

Pronunciation

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Noun

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(じゃ)(おどり) (jaodori

  1. dragon dance, a traditional Chinese folk dance, also performed in Nagasaki and other places
    • 1986, Okada Akira, Dorama to zenjin kyōiku [Drama and general education]‎[1], page 56:
      そこで、まず先生(せんせい)が、「みんな、これを(おぼ)えているかい」そう()ってテープレコーダーのスイッチをいれました。「ジャン、ジャン、ジャーン……」という(れい)長崎(ながさき)の「おくんち」の(じゃ)(おど)のおはやしがテープから(なが)れてくるんです。
      Soko de, mazu sensei ga,“minna, kore o oboete iru kai” sō itte tēpu rekōdā no suitchi o iremashita.“Jan, jan, jān……” to iu rei no Nagasaki no “okunchi” no jaodori no ohayashi ga tēpu kara nagarete kuru n desu.
      Then, first the teacher, saying “Everyone, do you remember this?” switches on the tape recorder. “Jang, jang, jang...” a sample of the accompaniment to Nagasaki's “okunchi” dragon dance thunders from the tape.
  2. snake dance, part of a Hopi religious ritual that involves handling rattle snakes

References

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  1. ^ Matsumura, Akira, editor (2006), 大辞林 [Daijirin] (in Japanese), Third edition, Tokyo: Sanseidō, →ISBN