玉

Meaning

玉 centers on a precious, polished spherical object: a jewel or a ball. The two meanings are linked by the idea of a small, valuable, rounded item.

• 玉たま
  N3

  ball; sphere; globe; orb

• 埼玉さいたま

  Saitama (city, prefecture)

• 目玉めだま

  eyeball

• 玉ねぎたまねぎ
  N1

  onion (Allium cepa)

• 金玉きんぎょく

  gold and jewels; precious object

• 金玉きんたま

  testicles; balls; nuts

• お年玉おとしだま
  N3

  New Year's gift (usu. money given to a child by relatives and visitors)

• 替え玉かえだま

  stand-in; proxy; substitute; double; ringer

• 目玉焼きめだまやき

  fried egg; sunny-side up fried egg

• 水玉みずたま
  N3

  drop of water

• 玉砕ぎょくさい

  honorable death; death without surrender; honorable defeat

• 玉座ぎょくざ

  throne

• 悪玉あくだま

  bad character; bad person; villain; baddie

• 火の玉ひのたま

  fireball; ball of fire

• 白玉しらたま

  white gem (esp. a pearl)

• ビー玉ビーだま

  marble; glass marble

• 玉音ぎょくおん

  the Emperor's voice

• けん玉けんだま

  kendama; Japanese bilboquet (cup-and-ball game)

• 珠玉しゅぎょく

  jewel; gem

• 小玉こだま

  small ball; globule; bead; small vegetable or piece of fruit

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