fireball; ball of fire; will-o'-the-wisp; jack-o'-lantern
① ヒガンバナ科（旧ユリ科）の多年草。学名は。② 野菜の一種で、語義1の植物の鱗茎を食用としたもの。
drop of water; polka dots
guts; pluck; nerve; spirit
fine jewel; article of excellent quality; beautiful woman; beauty
Urashima's casket (in the story of Urashima Tarō); Pandora's box; one's closely guarded treasure
fly in the ointment; small flaw in otherwise perfect object; only trouble; only fault
① ヒガンバナ科（旧ユリ科）の多年草。学名は。② 野菜の一種で、語義1の植物の鱗茎を食用としたもの。
ball-toss game, in which balls are thrown into a basket on a high pole (played at sports festivals)
branch of a sacred tree (esp. sakaki) with paper or cotton strips attached (used as an offering); sakaki (species of evergreen sacred to Shinto, Cleyera japonica)
black ball; black, round sigil; pupil; black candy
billiards; pool; serial collisions (of cars)
bad character; bad person; villain; baddie
① 宝玉を作って売る店。たますり。② 宝玉を売る人； 宝玉の作り手。たますり。③ 江戸時代にシャボン玉を売り歩く人。④ 花火屋の屋号。
white gem (esp. a pearl); rice flour dumpling; white-flowered camellia
man who marries a wealthy or upwardly-mobile woman; (male) gold digger
① コウチュウ目タマムシ科の甲虫の総称。学名:Buprestidae。夏の季語。② 語義1のうち、やまとたまむしの別称。③ 「玉虫色」の略。
steel made from iron sand or black sand (used in sword blades)
pebble; round stone; boulder
dupion (double cocoon formed jointly by two or more silkworms); dupioni; cocoon
fly in the ointment; small flaw in otherwise perfect object; only trouble; only fault
palanquin set with jewels; money and social status gained by marrying a rich and powerful man
skin as beautiful as a gem; beautiful skin
fly in the ointment; small flaw in otherwise perfect object; only trouble; only fault
Chinese dish with fried egg and crab
New Year ornament (usu. of straw, fern leaves, seaweed and bitter orange fruit, and hung at the entrance of a home)
soft-boiled egg marinated in soy and mirin
udon with raw egg, and shoyu, dashi, etc.
thread knot (end of the thread tied up to a knot)
round; spherical; globe type; lens shape
fly in the ointment; small flaw in otherwise perfect object; only trouble; only fault
street performance in which the performer transforms a specially made bamboo screen into various shapes while chanting an accompanying poem
miso ball; bean paste ball
bubble float (angling); bobber
palanquin set with jewels; money and social status gained by marrying a rich and powerful man
round; spherical; globe type; lens shape
slinging (on cranes, etc.)
slinging (on cranes, etc.)
football (soccer); kick to the groin; kneeing in the testicles
sugidama; ball made from sprigs of Japanese cedar, traditionally hung in the eaves of sake breweries
branch of a sacred tree (esp. sakaki) with paper or cotton strips attached (used as an offering); sakaki (species of evergreen sacred to Shinto, Cleyera japonica)
Chinese dish with fried egg and crab
skin as beautiful as a gem; beautiful skin
street performance in which the performer transforms a specially made bamboo screen into various shapes while chanting an accompanying poem
dupion silk; silk that comes from a double cocoon formed jointly by two or more silkworms
slinging (on cranes, etc.)
half portion of noodles or fried rice; half ball (of noodles)
tamaryokucha; Japanese green tea similar to gunpowder tea
era at the turn of 1960s into 70s dominated by grand champions Kitanofuji and Tamanoumi
type of woolen fabric, esp. used for overcoats
Cintamani stone; wish-fulfilling jewel
billiards; pool; serial collisions (of cars)
Chinese dish with fried egg and crab
broom (esp. one for sweeping a silkworm-raising room on the first Day of the Rat of the New Year); plant used for constructing brooms (e.g. kochia); liquor; alcohol
broom (esp. one for sweeping a silkworm-raising room on the first Day of the Rat of the New Year); plant used for constructing brooms (e.g. kochia); liquor; alcohol
bubble float (angling); bobber
slinging (on cranes, etc.)
slinging (on cranes, etc.)
miso ball; bean paste ball
bubble float (angling); bobber
type of woolen fabric, esp. used for overcoats
bead string; thread of life
alias for fox (from a statue in the Inarimae shrine)
ball of dried, ground, fermented dyer's knotweed leaves
painted snipe (Rostratula benghalensis)
Michelia compressa (species of Japanese tree similar to champak)
Arenicola brasiliensis (species of lugworm)
tuberous sword fern (Nephrolepis cordifolia)
beautiful (as if adorned with jewels)