たまご

卵

Common word

  1. noun (common) (futsuumeishi)

    eggs, egg, spawn, roe

    • 卵を一ダースづつつめなさい。
      Pack eggs in dozens.

  2. noun (common) (futsuumeishi)

    (hen's) egg
    oft. 玉子 in cooking

    • 卵は硬くゆでてください。
      Boil the eggs hard.

  3. noun (common) (futsuumeishi)

    a ... in the making, future (lawyer, doctor, etc.), budding ...
    as ...の卵

    • 彼は医者の卵だ。
      He's a future doctor.

  4. noun (common) (futsuumeishi)

    beginning, origin, infancy