団だん子ご状じょう

noun which may take the genitive case particle 'no', noun

ball-shaped; dumpling-shaped; round and solid

Describes something shaped like a dango (round dumpling) or a solid ball. Often used with の to modify nouns.

• 団だん子ご状じょうに丸まるめた粘ねん土どを乾かわかす。

  Dry the clay that has been rolled into a ball shape.

• 団だん子ご状じょうの雲くもが空そらに浮うかんでいた。

  Dumpling-shaped clouds were floating in the sky.

noun

lump; clump; mass; bunch

Refers to a shapeless mass or cluster of various things gathered together, not necessarily perfectly round. Often used for abstract or mixed collections.

• 書しょ類るいを団だん子ご状じょうにして捨すてた。

  I crumpled the papers into a lump and threw them away.

• 団だん子ご状じょうになった髪かみの毛けをほぐす。

  I untangle the clumped-up hair.