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あたま · atama · JLPT N5 · counter

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🗣️ Sounds like: a tama (ball) sits on top of your neck — atama

Tama (玉/球) means ball in Japanese, and a-tama is the ball on top of your body. The kanji 頭 = 豆 (bean, giving the sound) + 頁 (the head radical), so even the character says bean-shaped head.

かしら · kashira · JLPT N1 · counter

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