だんご
Meanings
Noun
1. dango; dumpling (usu. sweet); doughboy
2. ball-shaped object; something round
3. lump; group; bunch; knot; tight crowd
Pitch accent
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Used in vocabulary (20 in total)
sweet dumpling made with mochi flour and (sometimes) millet flour (famous product of Okayama); millet dumplings
ball of mud; dirt ball
skewered rice dumplings in a sweet soy glaze
dumpling store; dumpling seller
ball of mud; dirt ball
mugwort-flavored rice dumpling (flavoured)
bun (hairstyle)
mud pie; seed ball ("nature farming" technique); deer truffle (Elaphomyces granulatus); false truffle
pillbug; pill bug; woodlouse; sowbug; sow bug; slater
function over aesthetics; (lit.) dumplings over flowers
being bunched up together; being crowded together
skewered dango
tricolor dango eaten during cherry blossom viewing (esp. pink, white, and green)
dumplings offered to the moon (on the 15th day of the 8th month and the 13th day of the 9th month)
dango eaten during cherry blossom viewing (esp. pink, white, and green)
seed ball ("natural farming" technique)
small sweet rice cakes placed at the bedside of the deceased
lumpfish (Cyclopterus lumpus); lumpsucker; henfish; sea hen
Botchan dango; tricolor dango on a skewer (matcha, egg yolk, and red bean paste)
Examples (1 in total)
Mary pulled her hair in a bun.