紙芝居 (かみしばい) — kamishibai

紙芝居 is read かみしばい and listed as a noun. Meaning: kamishibai; storytelling with pictures; form of Japanese street theater and storytelling (popular from the 1930s to the 1950s).

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Related words

Other words in the dictionary that share a kanji with 紙芝居.

  • 新聞紙 しんぶんし newsprint
  • 印紙 いんし (revenue) stamp
  • 銀紙 ぎんがみ aluminum foil
  • 厚紙 あつがみ cardboard
  • 紙袋 かみぶくろ paper bag
  • 紙幣 しへい paper money
  • 紙面 しめん space on a page (e.g. in a newspaper)
  • 鼻紙 はながみ tissue paper
  • 壁紙 かべがみ wallpaper
  • 原稿用紙 げんこうようし Japanese writing paper (lined with a square grid, one square per character)
  • 芝草 しばくさ lawn
  • 芝居 しばい play