Etymology

kemari

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Today it 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. Full definition →

Chinese 蹴鞠
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The story

  1. Chinese · derived from蹴鞠
  2. English todaykemari

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

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