ダンゴ
Meanings
Noun
Food
1. dango; dumpling (usu. sweet); doughboy
2. ball-shaped object; something round
3. lump; group; bunch; knot; tight crowd
4. dango; inefficient clump of stones
Pitch accent
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ンゴ
Used in vocabulary (23 in total)
pillbug; pill bug; woodlouse; sowbug; sow bug; slater
pillbug; pill bug; woodlouse; sowbug; sow bug; slater
sweet dumpling made with mochi flour and (sometimes) millet flour (famous product of Okayama); millet dumplings
mud ball; dirt ball
dango; rice dumpling; hair bun; chignon
skewered rice dumplings in a sweet soy glaze
mugwort-flavored rice dumpling (flavoured)
function over aesthetics; (lit.) dumplings over flowers
dumpling store; dumpling seller
being bunched up together; being crowded together
skewered dango
tricolor dango eaten during cherry blossom viewing (esp. pink, white, and green)
sasadango; rice dumpling made with mugwort and red bean paste steamed in a bamboo leaf
dango eaten during cherry blossom viewing (esp. pink, white, and green)
dumplings offered to the moon (on the 15th day of the 8th month and the 13th day of the 9th month)
mud pie; seed ball ("nature farming" technique); deer truffle (Elaphomyces granulatus); false truffle
seed ball ("natural farming" technique)
small sweet rice cakes placed at the bedside of the deceased
lumpfish (Cyclopterus lumpus); lumpsucker; henfish; sea hen
Botchan dango; tricolor dango on a skewer (matcha, egg yolk, and red bean paste)
goma dango; sesame balls
ball-like; roundly solid; lump (of many different things); bunch; mass
Examples (1 in total)
Mary pulled her hair in a bun.