生いき人にん形ぎょう

noun

lifelike life-sized doll

Refers to a specific type of realistic, life-sized doll popular in the late Edo and Meiji periods, often used in exhibitions or as art objects.

• 博はく物ぶつ館かんで江え戸ど時じ代だいの生いき人にん形ぎょうを見みた。

  I saw an Edo-period lifelike doll at the museum.

noun

doll-like beauty

Metaphorical use describing a person (usually a woman) with a beautiful, doll-like appearance, often implying an almost unreal perfection.

• 彼かの女じょはまるで生いき人にん形ぎょうのような美うつくしさだ。

  She has a beauty like that of a lifelike doll.