生き人形

いきにんぎょう

Also written 生人形, 活人形

Meanings

1. Noun lifelike life-sized doll (made in the late Edo and Meiji periods)
2. doll-like beauty

Kanji

• 生 life. Read as いきる.
• 人 person. Read as ニン.
• 形 shape. Read as ギョウ.

Jinuma: Japanese Dictionary · Word lists