Illustration: On the floor of a Japanese apartment, a child carefully seats a human-shaped toy doll at a tiny pretend tea table. The doll has molded hair, fixed eyes, clearly jointed elbows, and small rigid hands resting beside a miniature cup.

JLPT N4nounLevel estimated by Bebop

人にん形ぎょう

ningyou

doll, puppet

Example sentences

  1. メアリーは私わたしにアメリカの人形にんぎょうをくれた。

    Mary gave me an American doll.

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  2. 妹いもうとは人形にんぎょうで遊あそんでいる。

    My sister is playing with a doll.

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  3. それは人形にんぎょうです。

    That’s a doll.

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Kanji in 人形

  • 人personOnジン・ニンKunひと
  • 形shape; formOnケイ・ギョウKunかた・かたち・なり

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