玉

raw egg

drop of water

Abbreviation; Nouns which may take the genitive case particle 'no'

polka dots

jewel; gem

Nouns which may take the genitive case particle 'no'; Usu. as 珠玉の〜

gem (of a story, essay, etc.); accomplished work; beautiful piece

fine jewel

article of excellent quality

Colloquial

beautiful woman; beauty; stunner

guts; pluck; nerve; spirit

gunshot; bullet

lost messenger; truant messenger; non-returner

bull's-eye (candy)

Idiomatic expression

fly in the ointment; small flaw in otherwise perfect object; only trouble; only fault

corn (Zea mays); maize

good scolding

Archeology

magatama; comma-shaped bead from prehistoric Japan, usually made of jade

eyeballs

Urashima's casket (in the story of Urashima Tarō); Pandora's box

one's closely guarded treasure

Poetical term

seaweed

large ball; giant ball (e.g. as pushed by competing teams in a school sports day)

Baseball

hidden ball trick

ace up one's sleeve; secret weapon

beads of sweat

billiards; pool

serial collisions (of cars)

gold and jewels; precious object

gravel

tama-ire; game in which two teams throw as many balls as possible into a basket atop a high pole (usu. played at school sports festivals)

iridescent colour

equivocal (reply, statement, etc.); ambiguous; vague

smoke bomb; smokebomb

ammunition; arrows and bullets; missile; projectile

emerald