Lingaku鞠【まり】
Frequency rank: 19,843. – 19,950. (for form 球: 5,110. – 5,114.)
- ball (for sport, games, etc.)
- kemari; type of football played by courtiers in ancient Japanonly applies to 鞠 and 毬see also 蹴鞠
noun (common) (futsuumeishi)
Forms
- 鞠【まり】Frequency rank: 19,843. – 19,950.
- 毬【まり】Frequency rank: 16,183. – 16,228.
- 球【まり】Frequency rank: 5,110. – 5,114.
- まりFrequency rank: 36,868. – 37,312.
Wiktionary definitions (experimental)
Example sentences
20 results
Sharapova's shots are very fast but...a fast ball means that it will come back that much faster.
Bolas are made up of a long cord with two stone balls at the free ends.
In tennis and ping-pong backhand the hand is turned backwards in making the stroke.
God is an infinite sphere whose center is everywhere and circumference is nowhere.
If the ball hits you somewhere else than on the head or hands, you're out.
It is characteristic of the fork ball, one of baseball's change-ups, that a ball that flew straight will drop suddenly just before the batter.
19. きごう「に二のきさき軒先のあおき青木さんとこのまな茉奈ちゃん、おんなのこ女の子をうんだ産んだんだってきごう」きごう「えっ、なまえ名前なんていう言うのきごう？きごう」きごう「きごう『ひまりきごう』っていってた言ってたよきごう」きごう「どんなじ字、かく書くのきごう？きごう」きごう「あっ、ききそびれちゃった聞きそびれちゃった。どんなじ字、かく書くんだろうねきごう？きごう」
"I hear two houses away the Aoki's little Mana gave birth to a girl." "Hm, what's her name?" "Himari." "Written how?" "Oh, I forgot to ask. Hmm, I wonder how it's written."
20. きごう「きごう『ひまりきごう』って、どんなじ字かく書くのきごう？きごう」きごう「えっとね、たいよう太陽のきごう『よう陽きごう』にきごう『まん万きごう』。いちまん一万、にまんの二万のね。きごう『りい莉きごう』はそうこう草冠にきごう『り利きごう』きごう」きごう「そうこう草冠にきごう『りきごう』きごう？きごう」きごう「のぎへんにりっとうきごう」きごう「ああっきごう！じゃすみんジャスミンのきごう！きごう」きごう「じゃすみんジャスミンきごう？きごう」きごう「なんでもない。きにしないで気にしないできごう」
"How d'ya write 'Himari'?" "Uh, the second character in 'sun,' and then the character that goes 'man.' Y'know, like ten thousand, twenty thousand and so on. Then the 'ri' part is the 'ri' with a grass radical." "'Ri' with a grass radical?" "Yeah, with the grain stalk radical and the sword part on the right" "Oh! From Jasmine!" "Jasmine?" "Nothing. Don't worry about it."