卵

たまご

eggs

N5 #1,054

Meanings

also 玉子

  1. noun eggs; egg; spawn; roe
  2. oft. 玉子 in cooking (hen's) egg
  3. as ...の卵 a ... in the making; future (lawyer, doctor, etc.); budding ...
  4. beginning; origin; infancy

かい · かいご also 殻 · 稃

  1. noun, archaic egg; eggshell

らん

  1. noun, zoology ovum; ovule; egg cell

Its kanji

In sentences

卵たまごいくつ買かった？ How many eggs did you buy? #8160498

冷蔵庫れいぞうこに卵たまごいくつある？ How many eggs are there in the fridge? #8160496

卵たまごが割われてる。 The eggs are cracked. #11851974

卵たまごが割われてるよ。 The eggs are broken. #11394085

この卵たまご、割われてるよ。 This egg is cracked. #10614374

この卵たまごは新あたらしいよ。 This egg is fresh. #219212

この季節きせつは卵たまごが安やすい。 Eggs are cheap this season. #222446

鶏とりが先さきか、卵たまごが先さきか。 What came first? The egg or the hen? #532462