卵
Meanings
Noun
1. eggs; egg; spawn; roe
2. (hen's) egg (oft. 玉子 in cooking)
3. a ... in the making; future (lawyer, doctor, etc.); budding ... (as ...の卵)
4. beginning; origin; infancy
Other spellings
玉子
Kanji used
Kanji in other spellings
Pitch accent
たまご
たまご
Used in vocabulary
温泉卵
egg slow-boiled so that the yolk is hard but the white is still soft (traditionally cooked in a hot spring)
Noun
Examples132
彼
He's a future doctor.
卵
Pack eggs in dozens.
卵
Boil the eggs hard.
全部
We need twenty eggs all told.
私
I have an egg.
この
This egg is fresh.