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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
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)

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Slang; Abbreviation; Common noun; Esp. 玉

ball (i.e. a testicle)

10

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

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

Examples
艱難汝をにす。
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セントです。
A nickel is a five-cent coin.
17

Noun, used as a suffix

precious; beautiful; excellent

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.
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.
うじゅうしゅNounFreq #28977
1

precious orb

2

Abbreviation; Buddhism

Cintamani stone; wish-fulfilling jewel

3

hōju; uppermost spherical part of a pagoda finial

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

ろばん算盤ソロバン十露盤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に瑕玉に疵に疵にきずたまにきず (玉に瑕/玉にきず/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.
んじゅいろNounFreq #53461
1

pearly white; pearl color; pearl grey

しゅこうNounFreq #72699
1

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

しゅこうNounFreq #72699
1

Botany

micropyle

文殊んじゅNounFreq #78922
1

Buddhism

Manjushri; Manjusri; Bodhisattva that represents transcendent wisdom

射干玉野干玉烏玉ばたまNoun~の Adj.Freq #92886
1

pitch-black; darkness

んじゅねんずNounFreq #106650
1

Buddhism

rosary; string of prayer beads

んじゅがいNounFreq #107130
1

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

擬宝ぼしうしうしゅギボウシギボシNounFreq #113723
1

ornamental railing top; bridge railing-post knob

2

Welsh onion flower; leek flower

3

Word usually written using kana alone

hosta; plantain lily

ゅずだまジュズダマNounUsually kanaFreq #121407
1

Job's tears (Coix lacryma-jobi); coixseed; tear grass; adlay

んじゅNounFreq #124180
1

variant of gobang (game)

玉算ゅざん ()ざんNounFreq #124456
1

calculation on an abacus

しんじゅぼNounFreq #141185
1

mother-of-pearl

いしゅNounFreq #146161
1

Botany

ovule

んじゅそうNounFreq #148023
1

mother-of-pearl

てんじゅNounFreq #159519
1

dzi bead; Himalayan agate bead

じゅNounFreq #187767
1

tragus (small cartilaginous flap in front of the external opening of the ear); tragi; antilobium

しゅひNounFreq #199225
1

Botany

integument