団子

だんご

Also written ダンゴ

Meanings

1. Noun dango; dumpling (usu. sweet); doughboy
2. ball-shaped object; something round
3. lump; group; bunch; knot; tight crowd
4. dango (i.e.: inefficient clump of stones)

Kanji

• 団 group. Read as ダン.
• 子 child. Read as こ.

Example sentences

• 瞬くうちにテニスボール大の団子が消え去った。
  In the blink of an eye, the tennis-ball-sized dumpling had disappeared.
• メアリーは髪をお団子にまとめた。
  Mary pulled her hair in a bun.
• 私も、団子が大好きです。
  I also love sweet Japanese rice dumplings.

Common phrases

• 団子を作る
• 団子を食べる

Related forms

• お団子 (おだんご) dango (polite)

Words containing 団子

• 三色団子 (さんしょくだんご) tricolor dango eaten during cherry blossom viewing (esp. pink, white, and green)
• みたらし団子 (みたらしだんご) skewered rice dumplings in a sweet soy glaze
• 肉団子 (にくだんご) meatball

And 19 more.

Word lists

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