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kemari

kemari noun: an ancient Japanese ball game, still played in modern times, in which players cooperate to try to keep a deerskin ball in the air.

Noun

kemari (uncountable)

  1. An ancient Japanese ball game, still played in modern times, in which players cooperate to try to keep a deerskin ball in the air.

Origin of kemari

Borrowed from Japanese 蹴鞠(けまり) (kemari), from Chinese 蹴鞠 (cùjú).

Questions about kemari

What does kemari mean?
Kemari means an ancient Japanese ball game, still played in modern times, in which players cooperate to try to keep a deerskin ball in the air.
What part of speech is kemari?
Kemari is a noun.

Words near kemari in the dictionary

  1. Kemaman
  2. kemanak
  3. kemancha
  4. kemanchas
  5. Kemar
  6. kemari
  7. kemb
  8. Kemball
  9. kembed
  10. kemben
  11. kembens

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