Word Meaning 手毬

てまり temari

手毬 is read as てまり (temari) and means traditional Japanese handball game.

Meaning

English

  1. traditional Japanese handball game

Reading

Kana

てまり

Romaji

temari

Writing Variants

  • 手まり てまり temari
  • 手鞠 てまり temari

Stroke Sequence

2 Characters • 15 Total Strokes

Study Signals and Categories

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Related Vocabulary

Max. 12

手毬花

てまりばな

temaribana

金葉手毬

きんばでまり

Viburnum plicatum var. plicatum

大手毬

おおでまり

Japanese snowball

小手毬

こでまり

Reeves spirea (Spiraea cantoniensis)

手帳

てちょう

certificate

手錠

てじょう

confinement in chains (Edo-era judicial corporal punishment)

手柄

てがら

achievement

手振り

てぶり

(hand) gesture

手当たり次第

てあたりしだい

using anything one can lay one's hands on

手綱

たづな

control

手控え

てびかえ

holding oneself back

手応え

てごたえ

response (felt in the hands)

Example Sentences

1

かのじょはいろあざやかなてまりをかざった。

She displayed a brightly colored temari ball.