Words — 66 found
まわ
ろくろ回し
1. shaping ceramics on a pottery wheel; spinning a pottery wheel
2. gesticulating with your hands as if you were shaping ceramics on a pottery wheelSlang, Jocular, humorous term
轆轤回し 【ろくろまわし】
1. (an actor) conveying qualities of a character without gestures or speech; implied acting; psychological performance
2. implicitly asserting one's will (e.g. by sheer force of personality)
3. performance using one's stomach (e.g. by drawing a face on it and animating it using one's abdominal muscles); acrobatics performed on a laid-out person's belly
ちりちょうず
塵手水
1. ritual gestures (squatting, clapping, etc.) indicating that a fight will be cleanSumo
おがばし
拝み箸
1. clasping chopsticks between one's hands as in a gesture of prayer (a breach of etiquette)
しょうやけん
庄屋拳
1. shōya-ken; kitsune-ken; game similar to rock, paper, scissors, played with hand gestures representing a fox, hunter and village headmanSee also 狐拳
1. humorous words; funny gesture
2. funny part (in a puppet show, kabuki, etc.)
3. woman's temple hairArchaic
茶利: Ateji (phonetic) reading.
きつねけん
狐拳
1. kitsune-ken; shōya-ken; game similar to rock, paper, scissors, with the hand gestures fox, hunter and village headman
かたち
形ばかり
1. token (gesture, gift, etc.); (done) for form's sake; for the sake of appearancessometimes humble
形ばかり 【かたばかり】、形許り 【かたちばかり】、形許り 【かたばかり】
形許り: Rarely-used kanji form. 形許り: Rarely-used kanji form.
1. fetal sac; foetal sac; gestation sac; gestational sac
とうはちけん
藤八拳
1. game of chance similar to rock, paper scissors, where the different hand gestures symbolize a fox, a hunter and a village head
とつきとおか
十月十日
1. babies born on October 10, supposedly conceived on New Year's Day
2. normal gestation time (i.e. 9 months)