Japanese

お団子 (odango): Mitarashi dango dumplings.

Alternative forms

• 御団子

Noun

お団子 ‎(hiragana おだんご, romaji odango)

1. 団子: a traditional Japanese sweet round dumpling

Etymology 2

お団子 (odango): the bun hairstyle.

By analogy from the shape of a single dango, much as the term bun is used in English to refer to a food item and a hairstyle of a similar shape.

Noun

お団子 ‎(hiragana おだんご, romaji odango)

1. a bun hairstyle

Usage notes

The hairstyle is never referred to as dango without the o- prefix.

Synonyms

• シニョン ‎(shinyon)