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
八尺瓊勾玉
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)
北玉時代
きたたまじだい
era at the turn of 1960s into 70s dominated by grand champions Kitanofuji and Tamanoumi