ひだま

Japanese

Alternative spelling
火玉

Etymology

From 火(ひ) (hi) + 玉(たま) (tama). The tama changes to dama as an instance of rendaku (連濁).

Pronunciation

(Tokyo) ひだま [hìdámáꜜ] (Odaka – [3])^[1]
IPA^(key): [çida̠ma̠]

Noun

ひだま • (hidama) ^{←ひだま (fidama)^?}

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- 若鷲の歌
  燃(も)える元(げん)気(き)な　予(よ)科(か)練(れん)の　腕(うで)はくろがね　心(こころ)は火(ひ)玉(だま)
  moeru genki na yokaren no ude wa kurogane kokoro wa hidama
  (please add an English translation of this example)

References

^ Matsumura, Akira, editor (2006), 大辞林 [Daijirin] (in Japanese), Third edition, Tokyo: Sanseidō, →ISBN