Word Meaning 団子

だんご dango

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

Meaning

English

  1. ball-shaped object
  2. something round
  3. dango
  4. dumpling (usu. sweet)
  5. doughboy
  6. lump
  7. group
  8. 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 16799 Priority C

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

みたらし団子

みたらしだんご

skewered rice dumplings in a sweet soy glaze

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

吉備団子

きびだんご

millet dumplings

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