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玉
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Job's tears (Coix lacryma-jobi); coixseed; tear grass; adlay
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Idiomatic expression
apple of one's eye; one's jewel
Examples
父は私の弟を掌中の玉のようにかわいがった。
My brother was the apple of my father's eye.
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eye-popping; staggering
Examples
彼女が欲しいって言ってたコート、目の玉が飛び出るほど高かったんだ。
The coat she wanted was eye-poppingly expensive.
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Nouns which may take the genitive case particle 'no'
jet black; pitch dark
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Word usually written using kana alone
peyote (Lophophora williamsii); mescaline
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Archaic
large jewel; string of jewels
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Yasakani no Magatama (the grand jewel or string of jewels; one of the three Imperial regalia)
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Orig. meaning
skilled control of a spear; stabbing (someone) with a spear
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victim; scapegoat; someone singled out (for punishment, etc.)
