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7 人形 Doll

Alternative Meanings

Puppet

Part of Speech

Noun

Reading

にんぎょう

  • Kyoko(Tokyo accent, female)
  • Kenichi(Tokyo accent, male)

Context Sentences

たん生日プレゼントに、人形をもって行きます。

I’m going to bring a doll for her birthday present.

その人形、ちゃんと元のところにもどしておいてね。

Put the doll back the way you found it.

17歳まで、私の親友は靴下で作った腕人形だった。

Until the age of 17, my best friend was a sock puppet.

Meaning Explanation

Something that is person shaped that isn't a person? That has to be some kind of doll or puppet.

Reading Explanation

The reading for 人 is pretty normal, though the reading for 形 is different from the one you learned. To remember this, think of a doll... made totally of gyoza (ぎょう) dumplings. This doll is crazy (like most dolls) and it's eating itself and trying to get you to eat some of it too. Hey... why you no eat me? Mmmm. Gyoza doll.

Utilized Kanji

  • 人
    • にん
    • Person
  • 形
    • けい
    • Shape
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