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Japanese symbol for “fumble”

Romaji: fanburu
fumble (in ball games)

In Japanese, fumble is (fanburu).

Before using these characters for a tattoo, check them with a native speaker. Dictionary words often have several meanings, and the right choice depends on context.

Meanings

  1. n, vs, vt fumble (in ball games) (sports)

Written forms: . Readings: .

Other Japanese words for “fumble”

WordReadingMeaning
さぐりまわる sagurimawaruto grope for; to fumble

See also: Chinese symbol for “fumble”.

Data: JMdict (CC BY-SA 4.0); KANJIDIC2 (CC BY-SA 4.0); KanjiVG (CC BY-SA 3.0); wordfreq (CC BY-SA 4.0 (data)). Retrieved 2026-10-22.