しらたま

Japanese

For pronunciation and definitions of しらたま – see the following entry.

【白玉】 [noun] white gem, such as a pearl [noun] rice flour dumpling [noun] (figurative) an especially dear person [noun] abbreviation of 白玉椿 (shiratamatsubaki, “white camellia”)

(This term, しらたま (shiratama), is the hiragana spelling of the above term.)