noun

  1. street performance by itinerant entertainers featuring a tumbling act in which a child performer wears a carved lion's head.

Variations

Pronunciation Kanji Kana Is Common
越後獅子 えちごじし

Contained Kanji Breakdown

surpass, cross over, move to
こ.す こし エツ (7th, N3)
run
はし.る ソウ はしり (2nd, N4)
soil, earth, ground
ド つち は (1st, N5)
stop, halt
と.まる シ どめ (2nd, N4)
divining, fortune-telling, divination or katakana to radical (no. 25)
ボク うらな.う うらない (Kentei Pre-1)
warrior, arms, savage
ジュウ エツ えびす (Kentei 1)
wild goose, trailing cliff radical (no. 27)
カン かりがね (Kentei 1)
halberd, arms, festival car
ほこ カ ほこづくり (Kentei 1)
katakana no radical (no. 4)
ヘツ えい よう (Kentei 1)
piling, ceremony radical (no. 56)
ヨク いぐるみ (Kentei 1)
behind, back, later
ゴ のち コウ (2nd, N5)
stop, linger, loiter
テキ たたず.む (Kentei 1)
katakana no radical (no. 4)
ヘツ えい よう (Kentei 1)
human radical (no. 9)
short thread radical (no. 52)
ヨウ ちいさい (Kentei 1)
late, delayed, winter radical (no. 34)
チ しゅう (Kentei 1)
lion
シ しし (Kentei Pre-1)
dog(犬) variant
expert, teacher, master
シ いくさ のし (5th, N3)
to store up, to pile up, pile up
タイ
katakana no radical (no. 4)
ヘツ えい よう (Kentei 1)
terraced hill
mouth
くち コウ ク (1st, N4)
to go round, to make a circuit, to make a revolution
ソウ めぐ.る
one, one radical (no.1)
イチ いっ ひと- (1st, N5)
towel, hanging scroll, width
キン フク おお.い (11th)
child, sign of the rat, 11PM-1AM
こ シ ス (1st, N5)
complete, finish
リョウ さとる (8th, N2)
one, one radical (no.1)
イチ いっ ひと- (1st, N5)