こけし

Japanese
こけし (kokeshi): simple handmade wooden dolls

Etymology
Alternative spelling
小芥子

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Pronunciation
  • (Tokyo) こけし [kòkéshí] (Heiban – [0])[1]
  • IPA(key): [ko̞ke̞ɕi]

Noun

こけし • (kokeshi) 

  1. a small handmade wooden doll with a spherical head and cylindrical body without limbs, originally from the 東北 (Tōhoku) region

Descendants
  • → English: kokeshi

References
  1. Matsumura, Akira, editor (2006), 大辞林 [Daijirin] (in Japanese), Third edition, Tōkyō: Sanseidō, →ISBN
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