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dorodango

dorodango noun: a Japanese art form in which earth and water are moulded to create a delicate shiny sphere resembling a billiard ball.

dorodango: a Japanese art form in which earth and water are moulded to create a delicate shiny sphere...
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Noun

dorodango (uncountable)

  1. A Japanese art form in which earth and water are moulded to create a delicate shiny sphere resembling a billiard ball.

Origin of dorodango

From Japanese 泥だんご (“mud dumpling”).

Questions about dorodango

What does dorodango mean?
Dorodango means a Japanese art form in which earth and water are moulded to create a delicate shiny sphere resembling a billiard ball.
What part of speech is dorodango?
Dorodango is a noun.

Words near dorodango in the dictionary

  1. dornock
  2. dornocks
  3. Dornod
  4. dorns
  5. Dorobanțu
  6. dorodango
  7. Dorodong
  8. Dorogomilovskian
  9. Dorohoi
  10. Dorohusk
  11. doromania

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