卵
たまご
hepburn tamago
egg
Part of speech · noun
Pattern visualization
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Examples
- 毎朝、卵を食べます。I eat eggs every morning.
- 卵焼きが好きです。I like tamago-yaki (Japanese rolled omelet).
Collocations
卵 / 玉子 (tamago, egg)卵焼き (tamagoyaki, rolled omelet)生卵 (namatamago, raw egg)卵かけご飯 (tamago kake gohan, raw egg on rice)玉子丼 (tamagodon, egg rice bowl)
Mnemonic
卵 / 玉子 tamago — two written forms coexist. 卵 is the biological egg (default noun); 玉子 ("ball-child") is the culinary/processed egg, common on menus. Supermarkets stock 卵; restaurants list 玉子. The dish 卵かけご飯 (raw egg over rice) is uniquely Japanese — possible because of strict egg-safety regulations. Korea and China generally avoid raw eggs. Food vocabulary reflects food-safety infrastructure.
Quick check
Egg notation common on menus?