団子

だんご
dumpling (sweet)

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だんご【団子】

dumpling

〖C〗〖U〗(肉入り)ゆでだんご《スープや煮込み料理用》；リンゴ入り焼きだんご《デザート用》

**cake

〖C〗［通例複合語で］ (野菜・魚などの)だんご

crab cakes カニ揚げだんご

fish cake ［ball］ 魚肉だんご

¶ → 団子鼻

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だんご【団子】

1 〔米の粉で作る菓子〕 a dumpling; a doughboy; a boiled or steamed ball of (rice) flour.

●串刺し(の)団子 dango on a stick.

●団子を串に刺す put dango on a stick

・十五夜に[仏壇に]団子を供える make an offering of dango on the night of the harvest moon [at a Buddhist altar].

●花より団子. ⇒はな¹.

2 〔だんごの形に似たもの〕 a (small) round object; a ball-shaped object.

●団子に目鼻 a round [plump, bulbous] face.

3 〔並んで続く様子; 一つにかたまった様子〕 a lump; a clump; a knot (of people); a tight crowd.

●団子(状態)になる become crowded together; lump together.

甘辛[みたらし]だんご a (sweet) soy-glazed dango (on a stick).

ごまだんご a sesame(-seed) dango.

泥だんご a mud pie.

肉だんご a meatball.

だんご状態

●(競争者が)団子状態である be (all) crowded together; be strung out in knots.

だんご鼻 ⇒だんごばな.

だんごレース a crowded race; a race where the runners stay close together.

●団子レースの様相を呈しはじめた. It's turning into a crowded race, with all the runners knotted together.