Japanese symbol for “fanfare”

鳴り物入り

なりものいり

Romaji: narimonoiri

flourish of trumpets; fanfare

In Japanese, fanfare is 鳴り物入り, read なりものいり (narimonoiri).

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Meanings

n flourish of trumpets; fanfare

Written forms: 鳴り物入り、鳴物入り. Readings: なりものいり.

Kanji and stroke order

鳴

chirp, cry, bark

on: メイ
kun: な.く、な.る、な.らす

14 strokes · JLPT 2

物

thing, object, matter

on: ブツ、モツ
kun: もの、もの-

8 strokes · JLPT 3

入

enter, insert

on: ニュウ、ジュ
kun: い.る、-い.る、-い.り、い.れる

2 strokes · JLPT 4

Other Japanese words for “fanfare”

Word	Reading	Meaning
ファンファーレ	ファンファーレ fanfaare	fanfare; flourish of trumpets

Related words

Words that share a kanji.

Word	Reading	Meaning
悲鳴	ひめい himei	shriek; scream
鳴る	なる naru	to sound; to ring; to resound
鳴り	なり nari	ringing; sound
鳴き声	なきごえ nakigoe	cry (of an animal); call; chirp
鳴らす	ならす narasu	to ring; to sound; to chime
怒鳴る	どなる donaru	to shout (in anger); to yell
動物	どうぶつ doubutsu	animal
人物	じんぶつ jinbutsu	person; character; figure
購入	こうにゅう kounyuu	purchase; buying

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.