quail eggs
Refers to the small speckled eggs of the quail, often used in Japanese cuisine as a topping or side dish.
Let's put quail eggs in the oden.
Quail eggs are bite-sized and easy to eat.
General word for 'egg'; うずらの卵 specifically means quail eggs.
Chicken eggs; the most common type of egg, larger and more widely used than quail eggs.
Standard mixed kanji-kana spelling; the most common written form.
Katakana spelling for うずら, sometimes used for emphasis or in menus.
Full kanji spelling; 鶉 is not a jōyō kanji and is rarely used in everyday writing.
Alternate spelling using 玉子 for 'egg', common in culinary contexts.
Compound of うずら (quail) + の (possessive particle) + 卵 (egg). The word うずら is of native Japanese origin, and 卵 is a common Sino-Japanese word for egg.