kendama
English
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Etymology
Borrowed from Japanese けん玉 (けんだま, kendama), from 拳 (けん, ken, “game played with the hands; fist”) or 剣 (けん, ken, “sword”) + 玉 (たま, tama, “ball”).
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /ˈkɛnˌdɑːmə/
Noun
kendama (plural kendamas)
- A traditional Japanese toy with an attached ball that can be caught in any of three cups or on a spike.
- 2017 March 30, Mike Ives, “As Hong Kong Ponders Its Future Under Beijing, Politics Infuses Its Art”, in The New York Times, ISSN 0362-4331:
- An especially haunting work, “If the Moment Came,” is a waist-high black box with a top made of wired glass and a murky interior that shows a looping video of a hand playing with a kendama, a Japanese toy featuring a wooden handle and a small ball.
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Translations
Japanese toy with an attached ball
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See also
- bilboquet
Further reading
kendama on Wikipedia.Wikipedia
Japanese
Romanization
kendama
- Rōmaji transcription of けんだま