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dangos

dangos is the plural of dango.

Meaning of dango

Noun (1)

dango (plural dangos or dango)

  1. A Japanese dumpling made from mochiko (rice flour).
    • On a given day he went to the parental home of his bride to inquire after the health of the family, when they gave him some dango (dumplings) to eat.1906 June 21, The Christian Advocate, volume 81, page 916

Noun (2)

dango (uncountable)

  1. In Japan, bid rigging for public works contracts.
    • However the manner in which dango, bribery, and collusive activity was dealt with in Japan took a dramatic turn in 1993, beginning with the corruption scandal, which culminated in the arrest of Mr. Shini Kanemaru […]1994, Industry, Trade, and Technology Review, Office of Industries, U.S. International Trade Commission, page 31

Questions about dangos

What is dangos the plural of?
Dangos is the plural of dango.

Words near dangos in the dictionary

  1. dangly
  2. dangly bits
  3. Dangme
  4. dangnabbit
  5. dango
  6. dangos
  7. Dangriga
  8. dangs
  9. Dangtu
  10. Dangun
  11. dangwai

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Adapted from Wiktionary: dangos (page history and authors); dango (page history and authors). Text available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 license. Word.ws reformatted the entry and added links. Wiktionary data of 2026-09-02.

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