Word Meaning 団子

だんご dango

団子 is read as だんご (dango) and means ball-shaped object.

Meaning

English

ball-shaped object
something round
dango
dumpling (usu. sweet)
doughboy
lump
group
bunch

Reading

Kana

だんご

Romaji

dango

Stroke Sequence

2 Characters • 9 Total Strokes

Study Signals and Categories

JLPT N2 Jōyō Grade 5 Kanken 6級 Rank 7839 Priority B

Related Vocabulary

Max. 12

月見団子

つきみだんご

dumplings offered to the moon (on the 15th day of the 8th month and the 13th day of the 9th month)

ごま団子

ごまだんご

goma dango

土団子

つちだんご

mud pie

花見団子

はなみだんご

dango eaten during cherry blossom viewing (esp. pink, white, and green)

三色団子

さんしょくだんご

tricolor dango eaten during cherry blossom viewing (esp. pink, white, and green)

団子状態

だんごじょうたい

being bunched up together

原子団

げんしだん

group (of atoms)

お団子ヘア

おだんごへあ

bun (hairstyle)

お団子頭

おだんごあたま

bun (hairstyle)

団体

だんたい

group

団地

だんち

multi-unit apartments

団長

だんちょう

leader of a delegation (body, party)

Example Sentences

花より団子。

A loaf of bread is better than the songs of birds.

お団子はお持ちですか？

Do you have some dango?

黍団子一つください。

Give me one millet dumpling, please.

私も、団子が大好きです。

I also love sweet Japanese rice dumplings.

トムは肉団子が好きなんだ。

Tom likes meatballs.

メアリーは髪をお団子にまとめた。

Mary pulled her hair in a bun.

いいえ、お団子はお餅ではありません。

No, a dango is not a mochi.

瞬くうちにテニスボール大の団子が消え去った。

In the blink of an eye, the tennis-ball-sized dumpling had disappeared.

うちのおばあちゃん、肉団子作るのすごく上手だったのよ。

My grannie was crazy good at making meatballs.

Context Links Usage in Anime Open to see character names and anime titles. 4 related entries

Real usage of this vocabulary in character names and anime titles on Anime.Jepang.org.

団子兵衛捕物帖開け―ごまの巻 Dangobei Torimonochou: Hirake - Goma no Maki