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- Chinese · derived from蹴鞠
- English todaykemari
Borrowed from Japanese 蹴鞠(けまり) (kemari), from Chinese 蹴鞠 (cùjú).
Etymology from Wiktionary, CC BY-SA 4.0.
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 →
Borrowed from Japanese 蹴鞠(けまり) (kemari), from Chinese 蹴鞠 (cùjú).
Etymology from Wiktionary, CC BY-SA 4.0.