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回り舞台 (まわりぶたい) Japanese meaning | Kotomora

回まわり舞ぶ台たい

ま

わ

り

ぶ

た

い

Meanings

1

noun

revolving stage

A stage that rotates, used in traditional Japanese theater such as kabuki, and also in modern theater.

歌か舞ぶ伎きの回まわり舞ぶ台たいは、場ば面めん転てん換かんをスムーズにする。
The revolving stage in kabuki makes scene changes smooth.
この劇げき場じょうには最さい新しんの

回まわ

り

舞ぶ

台たい

が

設せっ

置ち

さ

れ

て

いる

。

This theater is equipped with a state-of-the-art revolving stage.

Written forms

回まわり舞ぶ台たい
Standard kanji spelling.
廻まわり舞ぶ台たい
Variant kanji spelling using 廻 instead of 回; less common but still encountered.

Kanji

回-times, round, game
舞dance, flit, circle
台pedestal, a stand, counter for machines and vehicles
廻round, game, revolve

Etymology

Compound of 回り (まわり, 'turning') + 舞台 (ぶたい, 'stage'). The kanji 回 means 'turn' or 'revolve', and 舞台 means 'stage'.