だん
Meanings
Noun
1. dango; dumpling (usu. sweet); doughboy
2. ball-shaped object; something round
3. lump; group; bunch; knot; tight crowd
Kanji used
group
child
Pitch accent
んご
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Used in vocabulary (21 in total)
skewered rice dumplings in a sweet soy glaze
ball of mud; dirt ball
function over aesthetics; (lit.) dumplings over flowers
dumpling store; dumpling seller
being bunched up together; being crowded together
pillbug; pill bug; woodlouse; sowbug; sow bug; slater
sweet dumpling made with mochi flour and (sometimes) millet flour (famous product of Okayama); millet dumplings
bun (hairstyle)
mugwort-flavored rice dumpling (flavoured)
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)
mud pie; seed ball ("nature farming" technique); deer truffle (Elaphomyces granulatus); false truffle
seed ball ("natural farming" technique)
skewered rice dumplings in a sweet soy glaze
Botchan dango; tricolor dango on a skewer (matcha, egg yolk, and red bean paste)
Botchan dango; tricolor dango on a skewer (matcha, egg yolk, and red bean paste)
small sweet rice cakes placed at the bedside of the deceased
lumpfish (Cyclopterus lumpus); lumpsucker; henfish; sea hen
Examples (1 in total)
Mary pulled her hair in a bun.