1. Noun

   eggs; egg; spawn; roe

   卵を一ダースづつつめなさい。

2. (hen's) egg

   oft. 玉子 in cooking

3. a ... in the making; future (lawyer, doctor, etc.); budding ...

   as ...の卵

4. beginning; origin; infancy

Also written 玉子【たまご】tamago