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JLPT N3 · Noun

玉 (tama)

玉 (たま, tama) is a Japanese noun meaning “ball; sphere”. It appears in JLPT N3 vocabulary lists and is marked as a common word in JMdict.

Reading
たま
Romaji
tama
Word class
Noun
Level
JLPT N3 (unofficial)

Meaning

  1. ball; sphere; globe; orb · noun
  2. bead (of sweat, dew, etc.); drop; droplet · noun
  3. ball (in sports); pitch (e.g. in baseball) · noun · esp. 球
  4. pile (of noodles, etc.) · noun
  5. bullet · noun · esp. 弾

Example sentences

彼の額には玉のような汗が浮かんでいた。
There were beads of sweat on his forehead.
Tatoeba #117872
弾が彼の頬をかすめた。
The bullet grazed his cheek.
Tatoeba #127330

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

Kanji in 玉

玉
jewel, ballギョク・たま・たま- · 5 strokes

Source: JMdict entry 1240530 (EDRDG, CC BY-SA 4.0). Level: unofficial JLPT list – how levels are assigned.