| 玉 | たま | 1: ball; sphere; globe; orb; 2: bead (of sweat, dew, etc.); drop; droplet; 3: ball (in sports); 4: pile (of noodles, etc.); 5: bullet; 6: bulb (i.e. a light bulb); 7: lens (of glasses, etc.); 8: bead (of an abacus); 9: 10: ball (i.e. a testicle); 11: gem; jewel (esp. spherical; sometimes used figuratively); pearl; 12: female entertainer (e.g. a geisha); 13: person (when commenting on their nature); character; 14: item, funds or person used as part of a plot; egg; 15: coin; 16: precious; beautiful; excellent |
| 玉 | ぎょく | 1: precious stone (esp. jade); 2: egg (sometimes esp. as a sushi topping); 3: stock or security being traded; product being bought or sold; 4: position (in finance, the amount of a security either owned or owed by an investor or dealer); 5: geisha; 6: time charge for a geisha; 7: king (shogi) |
| 玉子 | たまご | hen egg |
| 玉菜 | たまな | cabbage |
| 玉藻 | たまも | seaweed |
| 玉屋 | たまや | jeweler |
| 玉座 | ぎょくざ | throne |
| 玉璽 | ぎょくじ | sovereign's seal |
| 玉兎 | ぎょくと | moon |
| 玉露 | ぎょくろ | 1: high-quality green tea; 2: (orig. meaning) jewel-like dewdrop |
| 玉石 | たまいし | pebble; round stone; boulder |
| 玉貝 | たまがい | 1: moon snail (Naticidae spp.); moon shell; 2: Marten's pearl oyster (Pinctada fucata martensii); Akoya pearl oyster |
| 玉垣 | たまがき | fence around a shrine |
| 玉串 | たまくし | 1: branch of a sacred tree (esp. sakaki) with paper or cotton strips attached (used as a Shinto offering); 2: sakaki (species of evergreen sacred to Shinto, Cleyera japonica) |
| 玉籤 | たまくし | 1: branch of a sacred tree (esp. sakaki) with paper or cotton strips attached (used as a Shinto offering); 2: sakaki (species of evergreen sacred to Shinto, Cleyera japonica) |
| 玉串 | たまぐし | 1: branch of a sacred tree (esp. sakaki) with paper or cotton strips attached (used as a Shinto offering); 2: sakaki (species of evergreen sacred to Shinto, Cleyera japonica) |
| 玉籤 | たまぐし | 1: branch of a sacred tree (esp. sakaki) with paper or cotton strips attached (used as a Shinto offering); 2: sakaki (species of evergreen sacred to Shinto, Cleyera japonica) |
| 玉樟 | たまぐす | Machilus thunbergii (species of laurel) |
| 玉算 | たまざん | calculation with abacus |
| 玉鴫 | たましぎ | painted snipe (Rostratula benghalensis) |
| 玉章 | たまずさ | love-letter; precious letter |
| 玉突 | たまつき | 1: billiards; pool; 2: serial collisions (of cars) |
| 玉殿 | たまどの | alias for fox (from a statue in the Inarimae shrine) |
| 玉葱 | たまねぎ | onion (edible plant, Allium cepa) |
| 玉偏 | たまへん | kanji "jewel" radical at left (radical 96) |
| 玉繭 | たままゆ | 1: dupion (double cocoon formed jointly by two or more silkworms); dupioni; 2: cocoon |
| 玉虫 | たまむし | jewel beetle; Chrysochroa fulgidissima; insect with iridescent wings |
| 玉響 | たまゆら | short time; fleeting moment |
| 玉ねぎ | たまねぎ | onion (edible plant, Allium cepa) |
| 玉筋魚 | いかなご | Japanese sand lance (Ammodytes personatus); Pacific sandeel |
| 玉入れ | たまいれ | ball-toss game, in which balls are thrown into a basket on a high pole (played at sports festivals) |
| 玉掛け | たまかけ | slinging (on cranes, etc.) |
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