N320/1669

玉たま

nounnoun (generic)slangabbreviationderogatorynoun (suffix)foodcookingcounter

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たま

Meanings

  • ball, sphere, globe, orb
  • bead (of sweat, dew, etc.), drop, droplet
  • ball (in sports), pitch (e.g. in baseball)
  • pile (of noodles, etc.)
  • bullet
  • bulb (i.e. a light bulb)
  • lens (of glasses, etc.)
  • bead (of an abacus)
  • ball (i.e. a testicle)
  • gem, jewel (esp. spherical; sometimes used figuratively), pearl
  • female entertainer (e.g. a geisha)
  • person (when commenting on their nature), character
  • item, funds or person used as part of a plot
  • egg
  • okonomiyaki
  • coin
  • precious, beautiful, excellent

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Example sentences

汗あせの玉たまが額ひたいから流ながれ落おちた。

Beads of sweat ran down from his forehead.

子こどもたちは公園こうえんで玉たまを投なげて遊あそんでいた。

The children were playing by throwing a ball in the park.

電球でんきゅうの玉たまが切きれてしまったので、新あたらしいものを買かいに行いった。

Since the light bulb burned out, I went to buy a new one.

彼女かのじょは美うつくしい玉たまのような涙なみだを流ながした。

She shed beautiful, pearl-like tears.

そろばんの玉たまを丁寧ていねいにはじいて計算けいさんした。

I carefully flicked the beads of the abacus to calculate.

Other Readings

ぎょくN1

Related words

床ゆか

floor; stage (for the narrator and the shamisen player); dining platform built across a river

実み

fruit, nut; seed; (in broth) pieces of meat, vegetable, etc.; content, substance

節ふし

joint, knuckle; tune, melody; node (of a plant stem), joint, knot (in wood), knob; (notable) point, part; node

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床ゆか

floor; stage (for the narrator and the shamisen player); dining platform built across a river

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実み

fruit, nut; seed; (in broth) pieces of meat, vegetable, etc.; content, substance

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節ふし

joint, knuckle; tune, melody; node (of a plant stem), joint, knot (in wood), knob; (notable) point, part; node

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文ぶん

sentence; composition, text, writings; the literary arts (as opposed to the military arts), academia, literature; statement

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値ね

price, cost; value, worth, merit

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象ぞう

elephant (Elephantidae spp.)

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