紙芝居

Japanese

Kanji in this term
紙 芝 居
かみ
Grade: 2 		しば
Grade: S 		い
Grade: 5
kun'yomi

Etymology

From 紙(かみ) (kami, “paper”) + 芝(しば)居(い) (shibai, “play, drama”).

Pronunciation

  • (Tokyo) かみしばい [kàmíshíꜜbàì] (Nakadaka – [3])[1]
  • IPA(key): [ka̠mʲiɕiba̠i]

Noun

紙(かみ)芝(しば)居(い) • (kamishibai) ←かみしばゐ (kamisibawi)?

  1. kamishibai: story told by revealing, one after another, sheets of paper with color pictures depicting scenes in the story

Derived terms

  • 紙(かみ)芝(しば)居(い)屋(や) (kamishibaiya)

References

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