玉
ギョク
たま • たま- • -だま
jewel; ball
Words
玉掛け
たまかけ
- slinging (on cranes, etc.) n
他山の石以て玉を攻むべし
たざんのいしもってたまをおさむべし
- one should learn from other's mistakes; stones from other mountains can be used to polish one's own gems exp proverb
風船玉
ふうせんだま
- toy balloon n
新玉の
あらたまの
- welcome (new year, new spring, etc.) exp adj-f arch
璞玉
はくぎょく
- unpolished and uncut gem n obsc