お団子
Japanese edit
Kanji in this term | |
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団 | 子 |
だん Grade: 5 |
こ > ご Grade: 1 |
jūbakoyomi |
Alternative spellings |
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お團子 (kyūjitai) 御団子 |
Pronunciation edit
Etymology 1 edit
Compound of 御 (o-, honorific prefix) + 団子 (dango, “sweet dumpling”).
Noun edit
Etymology 2 edit
By analogy from the shape of a single dango, much as the term bun is used in English to refer to a food item and a hairstyle of a similar shape.
Noun edit
Usage notes edit
The hairstyle is never referred to as dango without the o- prefix.
Synonyms edit
- シニヨン (shiniyon)