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卵 [ichi1,news1,nf05] ；玉子 [spec1]
【たまご [ichi1,news1,nf05] 】

(卵 only) [n]
▶ eggs
▶ egg
▶ spawn
▶ roe

[n]
《oft. 玉子 in cooking》
▶ (hen's) egg

Cross references:
	⇐ see: 1862520 お玉【おたま】 2. (hen's) egg
	⇐ see: 1240530 玉【たま】 14. egg

(卵 only) [n]
《as ...の卵》
▶ a ... in the making
▶ future (lawyer, doctor, etc.)
▶ budding ...

(卵 only) [n]
▶ beginning
▶ origin
▶ infancy

History:

13.	A 2024-10-30 11:12:09 Jim Breen <...address hidden...>
12.	A* 2024-10-30 01:35:34 Robin Scott <...address hidden...>
	Comments:	I don't think "expert" is right.
	Diff:	@@ -36,2 +36,2 @@ -<s_inf>as Xの卵</s_inf> -<gloss>(an expert) in the making</gloss> +<s_inf>as ...の卵</s_inf> +<gloss>a ... in the making</gloss> @@ -39 +39 @@ -<gloss>budding</gloss> +<gloss>budding ...</gloss>
11.	A 2024-10-29 07:01:23 Jim Breen <...address hidden...>
	Refs:	GG5
	Comments:	Can't think of an alternative to adjective glosses.
	Diff:	@@ -38,0 +39 @@ +<gloss>budding</gloss>
10.	A* 2024-10-29 03:39:52
	Diff:	@@ -35,0 +36 @@ +<s_inf>as Xの卵</s_inf> @@ -36,0 +38 @@ +<gloss>future (lawyer, doctor, etc.)</gloss>
9.	A 2023-08-22 10:30:12 Robin Scott <...address hidden...>
	Refs:	玉子 1,636,998
	Diff:	@@ -11,0 +12 @@ +<ke_pri>spec1</ke_pri>
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8.	A 2023-08-21 12:36:32 Jim Breen <...address hidden...>
7.	A* 2023-08-18 15:39:49 Robin Scott <...address hidden...>
	Refs:	玉子焼き 295,841 卵焼き 489,562 玉子料理 5,607 卵料理 75,836
	Comments:	This is our usual style. I think I wanted to avoid this (when I added the original note) because it could imply that 玉子 is more common than 卵 in cooking contexts, but it's probably fine.
	Diff:	@@ -29 +29 @@ -<s_inf>玉子 oft. used in cooking</s_inf> +<s_inf>oft. 玉子 in cooking</s_inf>
6.	A* 2023-08-18 02:14:05
	Comments:	《玉子 oft. used in cooking》 I think this note is hard to make sense of, and could be made clearer.
5.	A 2020-05-07 21:11:12 Jim Breen <...address hidden...>
4.	A* 2020-05-07 09:20:23 Robin Scott <...address hidden...>
	Refs:	koj: 「玉子」は、鶏卵を使った料理、あるいは料理用鶏卵の場合に限って用いるのがふつう。 meikyo: 料理では、「玉子」と書くことも多い。
	Diff:	@@ -28,0 +29 @@ +<s_inf>玉子 oft. used in cooking</s_inf>
3.	A 2020-05-06 23:59:39 Robin Scott <...address hidden...>
	Diff:	@@ -29 +29 @@ -<gloss>hen egg</gloss> +<gloss>(hen's) egg</gloss>
2.	A 2012-10-15 11:12:56 Jim Breen <...address hidden...>
1.	A* 2012-10-15 03:06:12 Marcus
	Refs:	daijs
	Diff:	@@ -36,0 +36,7 @@ +<sense> +<stagk>卵</stagk> +<pos>&n;</pos> +<gloss>beginning</gloss> +<gloss>origin</gloss> +<gloss>infancy</gloss> +</sense>

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