玉たま
Meanings
Noun
1. ball; sphere; globe; orb
Eventually the ball bumped into someone's foot and stopped.
2. bead (of sweat, dew, etc.); drop; droplet
3. ball (in sports); pitch (e.g. in baseball)
esp. 球
4. pile (of noodles, etc.)
5. bullet
esp. 弾
6. bulb (i.e. a light bulb)
esp. 球
7. lens (of glasses, etc.)
8. bead (of an abacus)
esp. 玉, 珠
9. ball (i.e. a testicle)
esp. 玉
10. gem; jewel (esp. spherical; sometimes used figuratively); pearl
esp. 玉, 珠; also written as 璧
11. female entertainer (e.g. a geisha)
12. person (when commenting on their nature); character
13. item, funds or person used as part of a plot
Noun
Suffix
14. egg
Suffix
Food
15. okonomiyaki
16. coin
usu. だま
17. precious; beautiful; excellent
Kanji used
ball
Pitch accent
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Top 3000
Used in vocabulary (118 in total)
fireball; ball of fire; will-o'-the-wisp; jack-o'-lantern
onion (Allium cepa)
Examples (8 in total)
The color of the ball was silver.
He was holding a small ball in his right hand.
The children were rolling a big snowball.
Tom's cat is playing with a ball of yarn.
Take a deep breath, carefully reach out your hand, and touch the orb of light.
The 5 yen coin is made from brass and the 10 yen coin is made from bronze.
Eventually the ball bumped into someone's foot and stopped.
Galileo dropped two iron balls from the top of the tower.