noun

  1. kamishibai, storytelling with pictures, form of Japanese street theater and storytelling (popular from the 1930s to the 1950s).

Variations

Pronunciation Kanji Kana Is Common
紙芝居 かみしばい

Contained Kanji Breakdown

paper
かみ シ (2nd, N4)
thread
いと シ (1st, N2)
short thread radical (no. 52)
ヨウ ちいさい (Kentei 1)
little, small
ショウ こ- ちい.さい (1st, N5)
feathered stick, barb radical (no. 6)
ケツ かぎ (Kentei 1)
eight, eight radical (no. 12)
ハチ や はっ (1st, N5)
family name, surname, clan
シ うじ (4th, N1)
turf, lawn
しば しは シ (7th, N1)
grass, grass radical (no. 140)
of, this
これ の ゆき (Kentei Pre-1, N1)
reside, to be, exist
い.る キョ お.る (5th, N3)
corpse, remains, flag radical (no. 44)
シ かたしろ (Kentei 1)
old
コ ふる.い ふゆ (2nd, N4)
ten
ジュウ ジッ ジュッ (1st, N5)
mouth
くち コウ ク (1st, N4)