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Meaning of 大玉(おおだま) in Japanese

Reading and JLPT level 大玉

Kana Reading おおだま

Romaji ōdama

Parts of speech

noun (common) (futsuumeishi)

Meaning

large ball; giant ball (e.g. as pushed by competing teams in a school sports day)

Examples of 大玉, おおだま in a sentence

「委員長、後は何を運ぶんだっけ？」「得点板と大玉もう一個、綱引きの綱」

Mr Chairman, what needs moving next, again? "Scoreboard, giant ball and the tug-of-war rope."

Related Kanji

玉 JLPT 2

5 strokes

jewel, ball

On'Yomi: ギョク

Kun'Yomi: たま, たま-, -だま

大 JLPT 5

3 strokes

large, big

On'Yomi: ダイ, タイ

Kun'Yomi: おお-, おお.きい, -おお.いに