紙芝居

紙芝居

Japanese

Kanji in this term
紙	芝	居
かみ Grade: 2	しば Grade: S	い Grade: 5
kun’yomi

Etymology

From 紙 (かみ) (kami, “paper”) + 芝 (しば)居 (い) (shibai, “play, drama”)

Pronunciation

• Kun’yomi
  • (Tokyo) かみし​ばい [kàmíshíꜜbàì] (Nakadaka – [3])[1]
  • IPA^(key): [ka̠mʲiɕiba̠i]

Noun

紙芝居 (hiragana かみしばい, rōmaji kamishibai, historical hiragana かみしばゐ)

1. kamishibai: story told by revealing, one after another, sheets of paper with color pictures depicting scenes in the story

Compounds

• 紙 (かみ)芝 (しば)居 (い)屋 (や) (kamishibaiya)

References

1. 2006, 大辞林 (Daijirin), Third Edition (in Japanese), Tōkyō: Sanseidō, →ISBN