drop of water; polka dots
white gem (esp. a pearl); rice flour dumpling; white-flowered camellia
pebble; round stone; boulder
guts; pluck; nerve; spirit
palanquin set with jewels; money and social status gained by marrying a rich and powerful man
guts; pluck; nerve; spirit
Urashima's casket (in the story of Urashima Tarō); Pandora's box; one's closely guarded treasure
fly in the ointment; small flaw in otherwise perfect object; only trouble; only fault
fly in the ointment; small flaw in otherwise perfect object; only trouble; only fault
black ball; black, round sigil; pupil; black candy
fine jewel; article of excellent quality; beautiful woman; beauty
dupion silk; silk that comes from a double cocoon formed jointly by two or more silkworms
fireball; ball of fire; will-o'-the-wisp; jack-o'-lantern
ball-toss game, in which balls are thrown into a basket on a high pole (played at sports festivals)
billiards; pool; serial collisions (of cars)
bad character; bad person; villain; baddie
branch of a sacred tree (esp. sakaki) with paper or cotton strips attached (used as an offering); sakaki (species of evergreen sacred to Shinto, Cleyera japonica)
branch of a sacred tree (esp. sakaki) with paper or cotton strips attached (used as an offering); sakaki (species of evergreen sacred to Shinto, Cleyera japonica)
jewel beetle (esp. Chrysochroa fulgidissima); buprestid
jeweler; (arch.) soap bubble vendor
bulletproof; protection (or charm) against bullets
man who marries a wealthy or upwardly-mobile woman; (male) gold digger
steel made from iron sand or black sand (used in sword blades)
fetching balls (tennis, baseball, etc.); ball boy
dupion (double cocoon formed jointly by two or more silkworms); dupioni; cocoon
Chinese dish with fried egg and crab
skin as beautiful as a gem; beautiful skin
course of a thrown ball; course of a hit ball (golf, tennis, etc.)
New Year ornament (usu. of straw, fern leaves, seaweed and bitter orange fruit, and hung at the entrance of a home)
soft-boiled egg marinated in soy and mirin
soft-boiled egg marinated in soy and mirin
udon with raw egg, and shoyu, dashi, etc.
thread knot (end of the thread tied up to a knot)
round; spherical; globe type; lens shape
bullet wound; gunshot wound
broom (esp. one for sweeping a silkworm-raising room on the first Day of the Rat of the New Year); plant used for constructing brooms (e.g. kochia); liquor; alcohol
broom (esp. one for sweeping a silkworm-raising room on the first Day of the Rat of the New Year); plant used for constructing brooms (e.g. kochia); liquor; alcohol
street performance in which the performer transforms a specially made bamboo screen into various shapes while chanting an accompanying poem
ball control; focus on the ball
kanji "jewel" radical at left (radical 96)
miso ball; bean paste ball
slinging (on cranes, etc.)
slinging (on cranes, etc.)
bubble float (angling); bobber
bubble float (angling); bobber
curtain made of strung beads
sugidama; ball made from sprigs of Japanese cedar, traditionally hung in the eaves of sake breweries
football (soccer); kick to the groin; kneeing in the testicles
painted snipe (Rostratula benghalensis)
era at the turn of 1960s into 70s dominated by grand champions Kitanofuji and Tamanoumi
half portion of noodles or fried rice; half ball (of noodles)
Cintamani stone; wish-fulfilling jewel
tamaryokucha; Japanese green tea similar to gunpowder tea
type of woolen fabric, esp. used for overcoats
type of woolen fabric, esp. used for overcoats
bead string; thread of life
Michelia compressa (species of Japanese tree similar to champak)
alias for fox (from a statue in the Inarimae shrine)
Arenicola brasiliensis (species of lugworm)
ball of dried, ground, fermented dyer's knotweed leaves
tuberous sword fern (Nephrolepis cordifolia)
beautiful (as if adorned with jewels)
Tamatsu Island (a fictional island in the Fortune Arterial visual novel)