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

• シニヨン (shiniyon)