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Japanese symbol for “busking”

Romaji: rojouraibu
performing music in the street; busking

In Japanese, busking is , read (rojouraibu).

Before using these characters for a tattoo, check them with a native speaker. Dictionary words often have several meanings, and the right choice depends on context.

Meanings

  1. n performing music in the street; busking

Kanji and stroke order

path, route, road
on: ロ、ル
kun: -じ、みち
13 strokes · JLPT 2
above, up
on: ジョウ、ショウ、シャン
kun: うえ、-うえ、うわ-、かみ
3 strokes · JLPT 4

Other Japanese words for “busking”

WordReadingMeaning
ストリートライブ sutoriitoraibuperforming music in the street; busking

Related words

Words that share a kanji.

WordReadingMeaning
どうろ douroroad; highway
ろじょう rojouon the road; on the street; in the street
かいろ kairocircuit
しんろ shinroroute; course; path
つうろ tsuuropassage; pathway; roadway
ろせん rosenroute (bus, train, air, etc.); line
いじょう ijounot less than ...; ... and over; ... and above
うりあげ uriageamount sold; sales; proceeds

Data: JMdict (CC BY-SA 4.0); KANJIDIC2 (CC BY-SA 4.0); KanjiVG (CC BY-SA 3.0); wordfreq (CC BY-SA 4.0 (data)). Retrieved 2026-10-22.

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