A doll or puppet shaped like a human; includes children's dolls and theatrical puppets/marionettes.
娘は古い布製の人形を大事にしている。
My daughter cherishes an old cloth doll.
子どもたちは人形劇に夢中になっていた。
The children were engrossed in the puppet show.
伝統的な雛人形は毎年雛祭りに飾られる。
Traditional hina dolls are displayed every year for the Girls' Festival.
A person who is controlled by someone else; a puppet (figuratively), a straw man, or a yes-man who acts under someone else's influence.
彼は裏の勢力の人形に過ぎないという噂がある。
There are rumors that he is nothing more than a puppet of the hidden powers.
その政治家は利権団体の人形のように振る舞っている。
That politician behaves like a puppet of the interest groups.
議論の相手が不公平な人形（ストローマン）を用意してきた。
My opponent set up an unfair straw man in the debate.