eyeball; special feature; centerpiece; special program; loss leader; sunny-side up fried egg
fried egg; sunny-side up fried egg
pilling; lint; furball; hairball; trichobezoar
glass sphere; glass bead; glass marble
to lead (someone) by the nose; to twist (someone) around one's little finger
stand-in; proxy; substitute; second serving of noodles (to add to one's remaining ramen broth)
New Year's gift (usu. money given to a child by relatives and visitors)
beanbag; beanbag juggling game; bobbling the ball
hidden ball trick; ace up one's sleeve; secret weapon
fine jewel; article of excellent quality; beautiful woman; beauty
bullet; round; lost messenger; truant messenger; bull's-eye (candy); hitman
large ball; giant ball (e.g. as pushed by competing teams in a school sports day)
red ball; amber; (arch.) patent medicine; brand of sweet wine
ball of dried, ground, fermented dyer's knotweed leaves
bargain goods; loss leader; eye-catching goods; featured product
black ball; black, round sigil; pupil; black candy
kendama; Japanese bilboquet (cup-and-ball game)
ammunition; arrows and bullets; missile; projectile
ornamental ball-shaped scent bag; hanging decorative ball that splits in half to release confetti, streamers, balloons, etc. (for celebratory events)
bad character; bad person; villain; baddie
beanbags; jackstones; cueball
small ball; globule; bead; small vegetable or piece of fruit
to make an example of; to make a victim of; to hold up someone (something) to ridicule; to pierce with a spear
mythical ball inside the anus that is sought after by kappa
good person; good guy; character with a round white head on which the character "good" is written (common in Edo-period prints)
soroban bead with value one
fit of anger; temper; rage; bang snap
New Year's decoration with cocoon-shaped cakes
Job's tears (Coix lacryma-jobi); coixseed; tear grass; adlay
kokedama; moss ball; plant grown in a ball of soil covered in moss, held together with string
bits of fried batter left after cooking tempura
skilled control of a spear; stabbing (someone) with a spear; victim; scapegoat; someone singled out (for punishment, etc.)
special feature (e.g. in a magazine); special program; special project
ball won in a game of pachinko
scolding; telling-off; talking-to; dressing-down
pathogenic bacteria; bad bacteria; harmful bacteria
sugidama; ball made from sprigs of Japanese cedar, traditionally hung in the eaves of sake breweries
to be made an example of; to be made a victim of; to be exposed to ridicule
one's repertoire of pitches; balls at hand (in pachinko)
tonsil stone; tonsillolith
LDL cholesterol; low-density lipoprotein cholesterol; bad cholesterol
object ball (in cue sports)
guts; pluck; nerve; spirit
glass marble; marble stopper in a bottle of lemon soda
soroban bead with value five
big and round eyes; googly eyes
colored bead (coloured); colored ball; pomegranate
red soil aggregate; akadama; clay-like volcanic ash soil (used for bonsai, etc.)
tossing several items into the air and attempting to catch them all (form of street performance); sleight of hand; magic
droplet of oil floating on water
HDL cholesterol; high-density lipoprotein cholesterol; good cholesterol
Edo-period lump of silver used as currency
hot-bulb or semi-diesel engine
Bon holiday gift (usu. money given to children by parents or grandparents)
guardian deity of silkworms
front lens element (of a camera lens assembly)
year-end marketing campaign (promotion, sales, etc.); New Year's campaign
small low-density lipoprotein; pattern B LDL
supervillain; arch-villain
spearflower (Ardisia japonica)
opening a hanging ball filled with confetti, streamers, etc. (at a celebratory event)
white hat hacker; ethical hacker
discoidal bead (Kofun period); pierced jade beads
Spanish broom (Spartium junceum)
yellow loosestrife (Lysimachia vulgaris)
hop trefoil (Trifolium campestre); low hop clover