Keyword
sphere
Info
FrequencyTop 700-800
Type
Kyōiku (3rd grade) 
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KankenLevel 8
Heisig1005
Readings
たま
(3%)
Composed of
king
seek
Mnemonic

The king is seeking a magical sphere which has the power to make him immortal.

Used in vocabulary (368 in total)
Earth; the globe
sphere; counter for balls
sphere; globe; orb
ball; sphere; bead (of sweat, dew, etc.); drop; ball (in sports); pile (of noodles, etc.); bullet
straight ball (pitch); direct (e.g. question); blunt
baseball club (at a university, corporation, etc.); baseball team
fireball; bolide; fireball
earthling; earthman
professional baseball
table tennis; ping-pong
(sole of the) paw; pad
shape of a globe; globe shape; spherical
globular shape; spherical shape
breaking ball (pitch); curve ball; screwball
school inter-class ball-game competition
baseball stadium; ballpark
balloon; blimp
pitching; throwing a ball; bowling (in cricket); pitched ball
Ryukyu; chain of southwestern Japanese islands comprising Okinawa Prefecture
ball game (e.g. baseball, tennis, soccer)
baseball team
hitting (a ball with a bat, racket, golf club, etc.); batting; batted ball; struck ball
using all of one's strength (to); giving (it) everything one has got; going full-out; throwing a ball as hard as one can
baseball player; ballplayer
miracle ball; magic ball
leukocyte; leucocyte; white blood cell
baseball ground; baseball stadium
grass-lot baseball
red blood cell; erythrocyte
hidden ball trick; ace up one's sleeve; secret weapon
miniature light bulb; midget lamp
white ball (baseball, golf ball, etc.)
ping-pong ball
table tennis club; ping-pong club
celestial sphere; the heavens
straightforward approach; playing it straight; fair deal
table tennis table; ping-pong table
return toss (e.g. from a catcher to a pitcher)
pitcher's first pitch (to batter)
northern hemisphere
hemisphere; dome shape
hard ball; regulation ball
throwing a ball; handball
high-school baseball player
glass sphere; glass bead; glass marble
speed of a pitched ball; (pitcher's) pace
type of pitch
fetching balls (tennis, baseball, etc.); ball boy
celestial globe; armillary sphere
yakyūken; strip version of rock, paper, scissors (similar to strip poker)
spherical surface
four balls; base on balls; a walk
(pitcher's) stuff
whole earth; global
baseball-playing teenager; high-school baseball player
light bulb; incandescent light bulb
the baseball world
course of a thrown ball; course of a hit ball (golf, tennis, etc.)
good pitch (to hit); easy pitch
winning pitch
football (incl. soccer, rugby, American football, etc.; esp. used for soccer)
glass sphere; glass bead; glass marble
pickoff attempt; throw to check a runner
combination of (varied) pitches, serves, etc.
season-opening ceremony
loose ball; rebound
dirigible balloon
soft ball; rubber ball
terrestrial planet; telluric planet; rocky planet
smoking pitch
miniature light bulb; midget lamp
earth-friendly; ecological; sustainable
pro baseball team; professional baseball team
western hemisphere; the Occident
eosinophil; eosinophile; acidophil; acidophile; eosinophilic leukocyte; acidophilic leukocyte
(pitcher's) control
small ball; globule; spherule; pellet
powerless straight ball
umpire-in-chief; plate umpire
pneumococcus (Streptococcus pneumoniae)
neutrophil; neutrophilic leukocyte
baseball tournament between non-professional teams sponsored by corporations
regulation baseball (as opposed to the variety played with a rubber ball)
Japanese version of baseball played with a hard rubber ball
batting eye; ability to judge whether a pitch will be called a ball or a strike
weather balloon; sounding balloon; observation balloon; espionage balloon; trial balloon
golden staph (Staphylococcus aureus)
ball park; field for ball games
Ryukyu Islands; southern chain of the Nansei Islands comprising Okinawa Prefecture
pitch that hits the batter
one's repertoire of pitches; balls at hand (in pachinko)
Ryukyuan food; Ryukyuan cuisine
putting one's heart and soul into each pitch
eastern hemisphere; the Orient
cotton ball; swab
fast, heavy ball; fastball
hard ball to hit; bad pitch
junk ball (pitch); off-speed pitch; unexpected move; unorthodox measure
erythroblast (immature nucleate erythrocyte)
head (of cabbage, lettuce, etc.); forming a head; coming to a head
earth science; geoscience
pre-ejaculate; Cowper's fluid; pre-cum
ball control; focus on the ball
balancing on a ball
junk ball (pitch); off-speed pitch; unexpected move; unorthodox measure
bases on balls and pitches striking the batsmen
wild ball (usually a pitcher with poor control)
global citizen; citizen of the earth
baseball all-star game
steel ball; bearing ball
failing to catch a ball; dropping a ball; flubbing a catch
ball won in a game of pachinko
oculolinctus; worming; eyeball-licking fetishism
global environment problems; global environmental issues
ball which is hard to hit or catch
Okinawan kobudo; traditional martial arts of the Ryukyu Islands
earth station (for a satellite)
night-light bulb; (lit.) jujube bulb
infectious mononucleosis; mono; glandular fever
Streptococcus pyogenes (bacterium that causes group A streptococcal infections)
global environment conservation; global environment preservation
sickle cell anemia (anaemia); sickle cell disease
bait pitch; sucker pitch; pitch that lures a batter to swing
insider; inside ball
Little League elbow; pitcher's elbow; baseball elbow
tungsten lamp; tungsten bulb
sweet potato (Ipomoea batatas); potato (Solanum tuberosum)
characteristics of a (thrown) ball (light, heavy, etc.)
Okinawan scale (hemitonic pentatonic scale: do, mi, fa, so, ti)
sickle cell anemia (anaemia); sickle cell disease
earth observation (satellite, platform, etc.)
gemmule; blast (cell)
olfactory bulb; bulbus olfactorius
oblate spheroid
Disposition of Ryukyu; forced assimilation of Okinawa into Japan, ending its tributary relations with China and abolishing the Ryukyu Kingdom (1872-1879)
bulbous bow (on a ship to reduce drag)
billiards; pool; serial collisions (of cars)
American football
prolate spheroid
waiting for a good hit at a pitch
pickoff attempt; throw to check a runner
baseball fever; enthusiasm for baseball
loose ball; rebound
bulbus glandis; knot (of a canid penis)
ball lightning
polycythaemia; polycythemia; hypercythaemia; hypercythemia; erythrocytosis
nystagmus (rapid involuntary eye movements)
sickle cell disease; sickle cell anemia (anaemia)
electric (light) bulb
ball (for sport, games, etc.)
pickoff attempt; throw to check a runner
junk ball (pitch); off-speed pitch; unexpected move; unorthodox measure; statement, request, etc. with an ulterior motive
junk ball (pitch); off-speed pitch; unexpected move; unorthodox measure
fast, heavy ball; fastball
oculolinctus; worming; eyeball-licking fetishism
night-light bulb; (lit.) jujube bulb
night-light bulb; (lit.) jujube bulb
Assam indigo (Strobilanthes cusia)
bait pitch; sucker pitch; pitch that lures a batter to swing
droplet of oil floating on water
spherical coordinates
slow ball; slow pitch
jankyū; combination of Japanese pinball and mahjong
tungsten halogen lamp
Conference of Parties of the UN Framework Convention on Climate Change
wheat bulb; wheat grain light bulb
agranulocytosis (not enough white blood cells)
global positioning (system, satellite, etc.)
small round structured virus; SRSV
vestibular bulb; bulb of the vestibule
B lymphocyte; B cell
Earth light (illumination of the moon by light reflected from the Earth); earthshine
erythroblastosis (abnormal presence of erythroblasts in the blood)
spotlight bulb (e.g. in interior lighting)
aspherical surface; aspherical
association football; soccer
earth mass (astronomical unit of mass)
red globular shape; red ball signal shape (marine safety context)
bulbourethral gland; Cowper's gland
National Invitational High-School Baseball Tournament; Spring Koshien
sideroblastic anemia; sideroblastic anaemia
haemagglutination; hemagglutination
pneumococcus (Streptococcus pneumoniae)
pyococcus; coccoid bacterium that forms pus
polymorphonuclear leukocyte; polymorphonuclear leucocyte
polymorphonuclear leukocyte; polymorphonuclear leucocyte
zona glomerulosa; glomerular zone
Global Earth Observation System of Systems; GEOSS
interest in baseball
United States Civil Administration of the Ryukyu Islands (1950-1972); USCAR
United States Military Government of the Ryukyu Islands (1945-1950)
Government of the Ryukyu Islands (1952-1972)
luchu pine (Pinus luchuensis); Okinawa pine
history of the Ryukyu Kingdom, written in 1743-1745; Ryukyu islands
climate engineering; geo-engineering
bulb (of an animal's hoof)
ball-and-ring method; ring-and-ball test
bulb with reservoir; double balloon
bulb with reservoir; double balloon
disk-flicking game; crokinole; carrom; pitchnut
disk-flicking game; crokinole; carrom; pitchnut
whitetail dascyllus (Dascyllus aruanus); humbug dascyllus; banded dascyllus; white-tailed damselfish
Ryukyu sweetfish (Plecoglossus altivelis ryukyuensis)
Habenaria longitentaculata (species of bog orchid)
Parasenecio farfarifolius var. bulbifer (variety of Indian plantain)
Pacific swallow (Hirundo tahitica)
Kandelia obovata (species of mangrove)
Examples (200 in total)
Even so, the Earth moves!
If today was your last day on Earth, what would you like to eat?
If today was your last day on this earth, what would you want to eat?