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JLPT N5 · Noun

卵 (tamago)

卵 (たまご, tamago) is a Japanese noun meaning “eggs; egg”. It appears in JLPT N5 vocabulary lists and is marked as a common word in JMdict.

Reading
たまご
Romaji
tamago
Word class
Noun
Level
JLPT N5 (unofficial)

Meaning

  1. eggs; egg; spawn; roe · noun
  2. (hen's) egg · noun · oft. 玉子 in cooking
  3. a ... in the making; future (lawyer, doctor, etc.); budding ... · noun · as ...の卵
  4. beginning; origin; infancy · noun

Example sentences

卵を一ダースづつつめなさい。
Pack eggs in dozens.
Tatoeba #78480
卵は硬くゆでてください。
Boil the eggs hard.
Tatoeba #78488
彼は医者の卵だ。
He's a future doctor.
Tatoeba #110043

Sentences from the Tatoeba project, linked to this word in JMdict.

Kanji in 卵

卵
egg, ovum, spawnラン・たまご · 7 strokes

Source: JMdict entry 1549140 (EDRDG, CC BY-SA 4.0). Level: unofficial JLPT list – how levels are assigned.