藻玉

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Japanese

Kanji in this term

Grade: S
たま > だま
Grade: 1
kun'yomi

Etymology

Compound of (mo, alga) +‎ (tama, ball), from the way that the seeds often wash ashore.[1] The tama changes to dama as an instance of rendaku (連濁).

Pronunciation

Noun

()(だま) or 藻玉(モダマ) (modama

  1. St. Thomas bean

References

  1. 1.0 1.1 Matsumura, Akira, editor (2006), 大辞林 [Daijirin] (in Japanese), Third edition, Tokyo: Sanseidō, →ISBN