"玉の緒" meaning in All languages combined

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Noun [Japanese]

IPA: [ta̠ma̠ no̞ o̞] Forms: 玉の緒 [canonical] (ruby: (たま), ()), tama no o [romanization], tama no wo [romanization], たまのを [hiragana, historical]
Etymology: Literally “string of jewels” or “cord of beads”, likely in reference as jewellery or prayer beads. The figurative sense is an extension of 玉 (tama) with cognate/homophone 魂 (tama, “soul, spirit”). Etymology templates: {{m|ja||玉|tr=tama}} 玉 (tama), {{m|ja|魂||soul, spirit|tr=tama}} 魂 (tama, “soul, spirit”) Head templates: {{ja-noun|たま の お|head=玉の緒|hhira=たま の を}} 玉(たま)の緒(お) • (tama no o) ^(←たまのを (tama no wo)?)
  1. a beaded string, especially a jewelled necklace
    Sense id: en-玉の緒-ja-noun-1Dg64meE
  2. (idiomatic, by extension of “connecting more beads into a string”) the shortness in space of something Tags: broadly, idiomatic
    Sense id: en-玉の緒-ja-noun-6gdjSEAY
  3. (figurative) the (thread of) life, one’s own existence Tags: figuratively Synonyms: , 生命
    Sense id: en-玉の緒-ja-noun-VEC7gvYv
  4. (historical) during the Edo period, Buddhist mala beads used in Buddha worship Tags: historical
    Sense id: en-玉の緒-ja-noun-7aFtqZmm Categories (other): Japanese entries with incorrect language header, Japanese links with redundant alt parameters, Japanese links with redundant wikilinks, Japanese terms with redundant sortkeys Disambiguation of Japanese entries with incorrect language header: 13 4 11 50 22 Disambiguation of Japanese links with redundant alt parameters: 9 3 8 71 8 Disambiguation of Japanese links with redundant wikilinks: 9 4 8 70 9 Disambiguation of Japanese terms with redundant sortkeys: 9 3 8 68 11
  5. Synonym of 見せばや (misebaya): Hylotelephium sieboldii, a species of stonecrop Synonyms: 見せばや [synonym, synonym-of]
    Sense id: en-玉の緒-ja-noun-bmAWoMJJ
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Derived forms: 玉の緒の (ruby: (たま), ()) (english: tama no o no, pillow word), 玉の緒繰分 (Tama-no-o Kuriwake) (ruby: (たま), (), 繰分(くりわけ)), 玉の緒柳 (tama-no-o yanagi) (ruby: (たま), (), (やなぎ)) Related terms: 息の緒 (iki no o) (ruby: (いき), ()), 心の緒 (kokoro no o) (ruby: (こころ), ())

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      "ipa": "[ta̠ma̠ no̞ o̞]"
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