Last Updated :2025/12/07

玉の緒

Hiragana
たまのお / たまのを
Noun
figuratively
Japanese Meaning
玉などをつなぎ合わせた紐状の飾り。転じて、人の命・生命をたとえていう語。古語的表現で「この世に保たれている命」の意を強くもつ。 / 古語・和歌的表現で、命そのもの、はかないこの世の存在をたとえる語。 / (植物名の別名として)ミセバヤ(ベンケイソウ科の多年草)の異名。
Easy Japanese Meaning
たまをつないだひもやくびかざりのことから、いのちをたとえていうことば
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Sense(1)

a bead string; a jewelled necklace

Sense(2)

(figuratively) life, existence

Sense(3)

Synonym of 見せばや (misebaya): Siebold's stonecrop (Hylotelephium sieboldii)

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a bead string; a jewelled necklace / (figuratively) life, existence / Synonym of 見せばや (misebaya): Siebold's stonecrop (Hylotelephium sieboldii)

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玉の緒

彼は玉の緒を手に持っていました。

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He had a bead string in his hand.

He had a bead string in his hand.

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彼は玉の緒を手に持っていました。

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