Illustration: In a home kitchen, a cook sprinkles small oval sesame seeds from a shallow bowl over freshly shaped rice balls. A ridged ceramic grinding bowl beside the plate contains more seeds, some crushed beneath a wooden pestle. Both pale and black sesame seeds are clearly visible against the rice.

JLPT N2nounLevel estimated by Bebop

ごま

goma

sesame seeds

Example sentences

  1. 黒くろごまのアイスクリームを食たべたいよ。

    I want to eat a black sesame ice cream.

    Tatoeba · CC BY 2.0 FR · Source

  2. 僕ぼくは黒くろゴマのアイスクリームを食たべました。

    I ate black sesame ice cream.

    Tatoeba · CC BY 2.0 FR · Source

  3. マヨネーズと胡麻ごまペーストの相性あいしょうは抜群ばつぐんだ。

    Mayonnaise and sesame paste go really well together.

    Tatoeba · CC BY 2.0 FR · Source

A word like this on every new tab

The Bebop Chrome extension shows one illustrated Japanese word each time you open a new tab in Chrome, with its reading, meaning, kanji and three example sentences. Choose any mix of levels from N5 to beyond N1. It’s free, with no account.

The Bebop new tab showing 音楽, music, over an illustration of a family playing music at home, with three example sentences
Add to Chrome Free on the Chrome Web Store
For Chrome on a computer. See it on the Chrome Web Store