Japanese Dictionary

Meaning of 大玉(おおだま) in Japanese

大玉
Kana Reading
おおだま
Romaji
ōdama
Word Senses
  • Parts of speech
    noun (common) (futsuumeishi)
    Meaning
    large ball; giant ball (e.g. as pushed by competing teams in a school sports day)
    Example sentence
    委員長運ぶんだっけ?」「得点板大玉もう一個引きの Mr Chairman, what needs moving next, again? "Scoreboard, giant ball and the tug-of-war rope."

Examples of 大玉, おおだま in a sentence



Kanji in this word

JLPT 2

5 strokes

jewel, ball

On'Yomi: ギョク

Kun'Yomi: たま, たま-, -だま

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JLPT 5

3 strokes

large, big

On'Yomi: ダイ, タイ

Kun'Yomi: おお-, おお.きい, -おお.いに

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