踊り

おどり · odori · JLPT N4 · noun

dance

💃 odori sounds like oh-dory: Oh, Dory loves to dance

踊り is the noun form of the verb 踊る (odoru, to dance). It appears in 盆踊り (bon-odori), the summer festival folk dance. The kanji 踊 has the foot radical 足 on the left, fitting a word about footwork.

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