勾まが玉たま

noun

magatama; comma-shaped bead

A comma-shaped bead from prehistoric Japan, often made of jade or other stone, and associated with archaeological sites and Shinto mythology.

• この遺い跡せきからは勾まが玉たまが多た数すう出しゅつ土どした。

  Many magatama beads were excavated from this archaeological site.

• 三さん種しゅの神じん器ぎの一ひとつに勾まが玉たまがある。

  One of the Three Sacred Treasures is the magatama.