おだまき

noun

fan columbine; Aquilegia flabellata

Only when written 苧環

A perennial plant with distinctive spurred flowers, native to Japan. Often written in kana.

• 庭にわにおだまきが咲さいている。

  Fan columbines are blooming in the garden.

noun

hemp yarn ball; hollow ball of hemp yarn

Only when written 苧環

Traditional craft item; hemp yarn wound into a hollow sphere. Now mostly a historical or cultural term.

• 昔むかし、おだまきは麻あさ糸いとを巻まいて作つくられた。

  In the past, odamaki were made by winding hemp yarn.

noun

odamaki-mushi; egg custard on udon

Abbreviation of おだまき蒸し. A steamed dish with egg custard poured over udon noodles, often containing chicken or vegetables.

See also: おだまき蒸し

• 京きょう都とでおだまきを食たべた。

  I ate odamaki-mushi in Kyoto.