Illustration: In the courtyard of a modest town house, a child has tossed a thread-wrapped temari just above their open hands. Its spherical form and intersecting decorative bands are clearly visible against the plain plaster wall.

Beyond N1nounLevel estimated by Bebop

まり

mari

ball

For modern sports balls, ボール is more usual. Note written by AI.

Example sentences

  1. 日本にっぽんには、「まり」と呼よばれるものが2つある。

    There are two types of 'mari' or balls in Japan.

    KFTT corpus (NICT), Wikipedia · CC BY-SA 3.0 · Source

  2. これらのまりは、非常ひじょうに弾性だんせいが高たかくてよく弾はずんだ。

    Temari balls are very elastic and bounce well.

    KFTT corpus (NICT), Wikipedia · CC BY-SA 3.0 · Source

  3. ゴムまりとは、弾力だんりょくの強つよいゴムで作つくった中空ちゅうくうのボールである。

    Gomumari is a hollow ball made with very elastic rubber.

    KFTT corpus (NICT), Wikipedia · CC BY-SA 3.0 · Source

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