kemari

English

Etymology

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

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.

See also

• cuju

Anagrams

• Markie, ramkie

Iban

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): [kəmariʔ]
• Hyphenation: ke‧ma‧ri

Adverb

kemari

1. yesterday

Japanese

Romanization

kemari

1. Rōmaji transcription of けまり