Illustration: At a low table in a family living room, a child tilts a shallow ceramic dish so that a large glass marble rolls around its curved interior. The marble is clearly visible, round and solid, with a tiny curved reflection following its surface.

JLPT N3nounLevel estimated by Bebop

玉たま

tama

ball, sphere

Example sentences

  1. ガリレオは二ふたつの鉄てつの玉たまを塔とうのてっぺんから落おとした。

    Galileo dropped two iron balls from the top of the tower.

    Tatoeba · CC BY 2.0 FR · Source

  2. 猫ねこは玉たまで遊あそんでいる。

    The cat is playing with a ball.

    Tatoeba · CC BY 2.0 FR · English by AI · Source

  3. 泡あわは玉たまのかたちになってどんどん小ちいさくなっていく。

    The bubble becomes round and keeps shrinking.

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

Kanji in 玉

  • 玉jewel; ballOnギョクKunたま・たま-

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