mud ball; dirt ball
A ball made of mud or dirt, often associated with children's play or the Japanese art of hikaru dorodango (polishing mud balls to a shine).
The children are making mud balls and playing.
It takes patience to make a shiny mud ball.
Standard kanji spelling.
Mixed kanji-kana spelling, common in informal writing.
Mixed kana-kanji spelling, also seen.
Compound of 泥 (doro, 'mud') and 団子 (dango, 'dumpling, ball').