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Meanings
- ball (for sport, games, etc.)
- kemari, type of football played by courtiers in ancient Japan
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Example sentences
The children were playing by bouncing a ball in the garden.
The nobles of the Heian period were fond of playing kemari, a game of kicking the ball.
Balls made with colorful threads are used as New Year's decorations.
Kemari is an elegant sport in which participants continue to kick the ball without letting it touch the ground.
The old ball displayed in the museum told of one aspect of the court culture of former times.
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