Words
Words with 玉
Kanji 玉, meaning jewel, appears in 334 Japanese vocabulary entries.
女氏無くして玉の輿に乗る
おんなうじなくしてたまのこしにのる
even a woman of low birth can gain status by marrying rich (if she has the looks)
太玉串
ふとたまぐし
branch of a sacred tree (esp. sakaki) with paper or cotton strips attached (used as a Shinto offering)
南京玉すだれ
ナンキンたますだれ
street performance in which the performer transforms a specially made bamboo screen into various shapes while chanting an accompanying poem
八坂瓊曲玉
やさかにのまがたま
Yasakani no Magatama (the grand jewel or string of jewels; one of the three Imperial regalia)
品玉
しなだま
tossing several items into the air and attempting to catch them all (form of street performance)