お団子

Japanese
お団子 (odango): Mitarashi dango dumplings.
Kanji in this term
団 子
だん
Grade: 5		 こ > ご
Grade: 1
jūbakoyomi
Alternative spellings
お團子 (kyūjitai)
御団子

Pronunciation
  • (Tokyo) おだんご [òdáńgó] (Heiban – [0])
  • IPA(key): [o̞dã̠ŋɡo̞]

Etymology 1

Compound of 御 (o-, honorific prefix) +‎ 団子 (dango, “sweet dumpling”).

Noun

お団(だん)子(ご) • (odango) 

  1. 団子: a traditional Japanese sweet round dumpling

Etymology 2
お団子 (odango): the bun hairstyle.

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

お団(だん)子(ご) • (odango) 

  1. a bun hairstyle
Usage notes

The hairstyle is never referred to as dango without the o- prefix.

Synonyms
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