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玉 kanji
jewel, ball
- JLPT level
- N2 (unofficial)
- First appears in
- N3 vocabulary
- Strokes
- 5
- School grade
- Grade 1 (elementary school)
On readings
ギョク
Kun readings
たまたま--だま
Words with 玉
LevelWord & meaningActions
- —金殿玉楼magnificent palace
- —玉砕主義the principle of honorable death and no surrender
- —金枝玉葉member of the Imperial family; royalty; beautiful clouds
- —玉音放送radio broadcast announcing acceptance of the Potsdam Declaration and the end of the war (recording of Hirohito; broadcast August 15, 1945)
- —金烏玉兎sun and moon
- —象箸玉杯living a lavish lifestyle; ivory chopsticks and jade cups
- —錦衣玉食beautiful clothes and fine food; life of luxury
- —売り建て玉short account; short positions
- —宝玉と勺杖Orb and Sceptre (march by Sir William Walton)
- —白玉楼中の人となるto die (of a poet, artist, etc.)
- —玉摧honorable death; death without surrender; honorable defeat; trying but being utterly beaten; being completely rejected when professing one's love
- —玉盃jade cup; sake cup
- —玉將king (of the junior player)
- —売建玉short account; short positions
- —玉石混淆mixed bag; mixture of good and bad; jumble of wheat and chaff; mixture of precious gems and common rocks
- —売り建玉short account; short positions