団子
Meanings
Noun
1. dango; dumpling (usu. sweet); doughboy
2. ball-shaped object; something round
3. lump; group; bunch; knot; tight crowd
4. dango; inefficient clump of stones
Kanji used
Pitch accent
だんご
Used in vocabulary
吉備団子
sweet dumpling made with mochi flour and (sometimes) millet flour (famous product of Okayama); millet dumplings
Noun
土団子
mud pie; seed ball ("nature farming" technique); deer truffle (Elaphomyces granulatus); false truffle
Noun
月見団子
dumplings offered to the moon (on the 15th day of the 8th month and the 13th day of the 9th month)
Noun
Examples2
瞬く
In the blink of an eye, the tennis-ball-sized dumpling had disappeared.
花
A loaf of bread is better than the songs of birds.