Meaning
ball · jewel
On'yomi
ギョク
Kun'yomi
-だま · たま · たま-
Common compounds (27)
- 替え玉 かえだまsecond serving of noodles (to add to one's remaining ramen broth)
- お年玉 おとしだまNew Year's gift (usu. money given to a child by relatives and visitors)
- たまご焼き たまごやきfried egg
- 目玉 めだまeyeball
- 生たまご なまたまごraw egg
- 流れ弾 ながれだまstray bullet
- 玉摧 ぎょくさいtrying but being utterly beaten; being completely rejected when professing one's love
- 玉虫色 たまむしいろiridescent colour
- 目玉商品 めだましょうひんbargain goods; loss leader
- 悪玉 あくだまbad character; bad person; villain; baddie
- 玉ねぎ たまねぎonion (Allium cepa)
- 玉算 たまざんcalculation on an abacus