福笑い

Japanese
Kanji in this term
福 笑
ふく
Grade: 3		 わら
Grade: 4
jūbakoyomi
Alternative spelling
福笑い (kyūjitai)

Pronunciation
  • (Tokyo) ふくわ​らい [fùkúwáꜜràì] (Nakadaka – [3])[1]
  • IPA(key): [ɸɯ̟ᵝkɯ̟ᵝɰᵝa̠ɾa̠i]

Noun

福(ふく)笑(わら)い • (fukuwarai) 

  1. fukuwarai: a game played at a table, often around Lunar New Year, where blindfolded players attempt to place facial features onto a paper cutout of a human face.

References
  1. NHK Broadcasting Culture Research Institute, editor (1998), NHK日本語発音アクセント辞典 [NHK Japanese Pronunciation Accent Dictionary] (in Japanese), Tōkyō: NHK Publishing, →ISBN
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