Ball

"Ball" in Japanese

まり

mari

(object, generally spherical, used for playing games)

ボール

bōru

(object, generally spherical, used for playing games)

ボール

bōru

(baseball: a pitch that falls outside the strike zone)

正球

seikyū

(cricket: a single delivery)

mari

(object, generally spherical, used for playing games)

tama

(solid or hollow sphere)

tama

(quantity of string, thread, etc., wound into a spherical shape)

kyū

(solid or hollow sphere)

kyū

(mathematics: set of points in a metric space lying within a given distance of a given point)

睾丸

kintama

(testicle — see also testicle)

舞踏会

butōkai

(formal dance)

金玉

kintama

(testicle — see also testicle)

mari

(object, generally spherical, used for playing games)

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