| Kanji | Hiragana | Katakana |
|---|---|---|
| 卵 | たまご | タマゴ |
Pronunciation: tamago
How to Say It Outloud: tah-mah-goh
Usage: Commonly used to refer to an egg, either in the culinary sense or biological context.
Example Sentence Japanese:
朝ごはんに卵を食べます。
朝ごはんに卵を食べます。Example Sentence English:I eat an egg for breakfast.
I eat an egg for breakfast.Dictionary
卵たまごCommon wordjlpt-n5
Noun- eggs; egg; spawn; roe
- (hen's) egg
- (an expert) in the making
- beginning; origin; infancy
- Egg (biology)
目玉焼きめだまやき
Noun- fried egg; sunny-side up fried egg
- Fried egg
鶏卵けいらん
Noun- hen's egg
- Egg (food)
皮蛋ピータン
Noun- century egg; thousand-year old egg; hundred-year old egg; preserved egg (Chinese delicacy)
- Century egg
受精卵じゅせいらんCommon word
Noun- fertilized egg; fertilised egg
- Zygote
かい
Noun- egg; eggshell
エッグエッグ
Noun- egg (esp. a chicken egg)
白身しろみ
Noun- egg white
- white-fleshed fish (e.g. tai, hirame, karei); white meat; fatty meat
- sapwood
黄身きみ
Noun- egg yolk
卵形らんけいCommon word
NounNoun which may take the genitive case particle 'no'
- oval shape; egg shape
生卵なまたまご
Noun- raw egg
寿司すしCommon word
Noun- sushi; range of dishes made with vinegared rice combined with fish, vegetables, egg, etc.
- Sushi
ゆで卵ゆでたまご
Noun- boiled egg
- Boiled egg
ぎょくjlpt-n1
Noun- precious stone (esp. jade)
- egg (esp. as a sushi topping)
- stock or security being traded; product being bought or sold
- position (in finance, the amount of a security either owned or owed by an investor or dealer)
- geisha
- time charge for a geisha
- king (of the junior player)
全卵ぜんらん
Noun- whole egg; egg white and egg yolk
無精卵むせいらん
Noun- wind egg; unfertilized egg; unfertilised egg
綴じるとじるCommon wordjlpt-n1
Ichidan verbTransitive verb
- to bind; to file
Transitive verb
- to finish (a dish) by pouring beaten egg into the broth
Transitive verb
- to sew up; to stitch together
卵黄らんおう
Noun- egg yolk
- Egg yolk
卵焼きたまごやき
Noun- rolled egg; rolled omelette (omelet)
- fried egg
- frying pan for making rolled eggs
- Tamagoyaki
卵子らんしCommon word
NounNoun which may take the genitive case particle 'no'
- ovum; ovule; egg cell
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