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玉球珠弾たまFreq #2570
1

Common noun

ball; sphere; globe; orb

2

Common noun

bead (of sweat, dew, etc.); drop; droplet

Examples
彼の額には玉のような汗が浮かんでいた。
There were beads of sweat on his forehead.
3

Common noun; Esp. 球

ball (in sports); pitch (e.g. in baseball)

4

Common noun

pile (of noodles, etc.)

5

Common noun; Esp. 弾

bullet

Examples
弾が彼の頬をかすめた。
The bullet grazed his cheek.
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Common noun; Esp. 球

bulb (i.e. a light bulb)

7

Common noun

lens (of glasses, etc.)

8

Common noun; Esp. 玉, 珠

bead (of an abacus)

9

Slang; Abbreviation; Common noun; Esp. 玉

ball (i.e. a testicle)

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Common noun; Esp. 玉, 珠; also written as 璧

gem; jewel (esp. spherical; sometimes used figuratively); pearl

Examples
艱難汝を玉にす。
Adversity makes a man wise, not rich.
11

Common noun

female entertainer (e.g. a geisha)

12

Derogatory; Common noun

person (when commenting on their nature); character

Examples
こいつがそんな玉じゃないことなんてとうの昔に解っていたからさ。
That's because, you see, I've known he isn't that sort of person from a long time back.
13

Common noun

item, funds or person used as part of a plot

14

玉 only; Common noun; Noun, used as a suffix

egg

15

玉 only; Noun, used as a suffix; Counter; Food, cooking

okonomiyaki

16

Noun, used as a suffix; Usu. だま

coin

Examples
ニッケルは５セント玉です。
A nickel is a five-cent coin.
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Noun, used as a suffix

precious; beautiful; excellent

珠玉しゅぎょくNounFreq #40808
1

jewel; gem

2

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

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

珠江しゅこうNounFreq #72699
1

Pearl River (China); Canton River; Zhu Jiang; Chu Chiang

珠孔しゅこうNounFreq #72699
1

Botany

micropyle

珠算玉算しゅざん (珠算)たまざんNounFreq #124456
1

calculation on an abacus

珠皮しゅひNounFreq #199225
1

Botany

integument

珠心しゅしんNounFreq #230752
1

Botany

nucellus

珠柄しゅへいNounFreq #241292
1

Botany

funicle; funiculus

珠暖簾たまのれんNounFreq #251715
1

curtain made of strung beads

珠芽しゅがNounFreq #282439
1

bulbil

真珠しんじゅNounFreq #12206
1

pearl

Examples
それは贋の真珠にすぎない。
It is merely an imitation pearl.
数珠じゅずずず珠数NounFreq #28618
1

Buddhism

rosary; string of prayer beads

Examples
修道士のように頭巾をかぶった雲は、ポツリポツリと落ちる雨を数珠のようにつまぐっている。
The hooded clouds, like friars, tell their beads in drops of rain.
宝珠ほうじゅほうしゅNounFreq #28977
1

precious orb

2

Abbreviation; Buddhism

Cintamani stone; wish-fulfilling jewel

3

hōju; uppermost spherical part of a pagoda finial

そろばん算盤ソロバン《十露盤》珠盤NounUsually kanaFreq #42024
1

abacus; soroban

2

calculation (esp. of profit and loss); reckoning

玉に瑕玉にキズ玉にきず珠に瑕玉に疵珠に疵珠にきずたまにきず (玉に瑕／玉にきず／珠に瑕／玉に疵／珠に疵／珠にきず)たまにキズ (玉にキズ)NounExpressionFreq #43672
1

Idiomatic expression

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

Examples
手八丁口八丁の彼だけど、誠がないのが玉に疵だね。
He works fast and is very articulate but his insincerity is his biggest defect.
真珠色しんじゅいろNounFreq #53461
1

pearly white; pearl color; pearl grey

数珠繋ぎ数珠つなぎじゅずつなぎNounFreq #78533
1

Often as 数珠繋ぎになる

linking together; tying in a row

Examples
交通渋滞で、車が数珠つなぎでした。
The traffic was very heavy. The cars were lined up bumper to bumper.
文殊文珠もんじゅNounFreq #78922
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Buddhism

Manjushri; Manjusri; Bodhisattva that represents transcendent wisdom

曼珠沙華まんじゅしゃげマンジュシャゲNounFreq #89992
1

red spider lily (Lycoris radiata); cluster amaryllis; cluster belladonna; manjusaka

射干玉野干玉烏玉烏珠ぬばたまNoun～の Adj.Freq #92886
1

pitch-black; darkness

豚に真珠ぶたにしんじゅExpressionFreq #96746
1

Idiomatic expression

casting pearls before swine

Examples
豚に真珠とはまさにこのことだ。
This is like casting pearls before swine.
念珠ねんじゅねんずNounFreq #106650
1

Buddhism

rosary; string of prayer beads

真珠貝しんじゅがいNounFreq #107130
1

pearl oyster (esp. Marten's pearl oyster, Pinctada fucata martensii)

ホロホロ鳥ほろほろ鳥珠鶏ほろほろちょう (ほろほろ鳥／珠鶏)ホロホロちょう (ホロホロ鳥)ホロホロチョウNounFreq #110158
1

helmeted guinea fowl (Numida meleagris)

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