あん
暗
こく
黒
ぶ
舞
とう
踏

noun

  1. butoh, style of contemporary Japanese dance featuring dancers in white paint.

Variations

Pronunciation Kanji Kana Is Common
あん
暗
こく
黒
ぶ
舞
とう
踏
 暗黒舞踏 あんこくぶとう

Contained Kanji Breakdown

darkness, disappear, shade
アン　くら.い　くれ.る (3rd, N3)
day, sun, Japan
ひ　ニチ　にっ (1st, N5)
sound, noise
おと　オン　ね (1st, N4)
stand up, rise, set up
た.つ　リツ　たつ (1st, N4)
kettle lid radical (no. 8)
トウ (Kentei 1)
grass, straw, herbs
to divide
one, one radical (no.1)
イチ　いっ　ひと- (1st, N5)
black
くろ　コク (2nd, N4)
ri, village, parent's home
さと　リ　さ (2nd)
rice field, rice paddy
た　デン　たん (1st, N4)
soil, earth, ground
ド　つち　は (1st, N5)
fire, fire radical (no. 86)
ヒョウ　カ
dance, flit, circle
ま.う　ブ　まい (Early Jr. High, N3)
nothingness, none, ain't
ム　ブ　な.い (4th)
person, (人 variant)
40, forty
シュウ　よんじゅう　しじゅう
one, one radical (no.1)
イチ　いっ　ひと- (1st, N5)
fire, fire radical (no. 86)
ヒョウ　カ
dancing radical (no. 136)
ブ　セン　まい (Kentei Pre-1)
evening
ゆう　セキ　ゆ (1st, N4)
sit or stand astride, (跨 variant)
step, trample, carry through
ふ.む　トウ (Early Jr. High, N1)
leg, foot, be sufficient
あし　た.りる　ソク (1st, N4)
mouth
くち　コウ　ク (1st, N4)
stop, halt
と.まる　シ　どめ (2nd, N4)
divining, fortune-telling, divination or katakana to radical (no. 25)
ボク　うらな.う　うらない (Kentei Pre-1)
shoes, boots
くつ　トウ (Kentei Pre-1)
water
みず　スイ　み (1st, N5)
day, sun, Japan
ひ　ニチ　にっ (1st, N5)