1409. These characters have lots of balls. 野 籠 鎧 闘 氷


Answer:

野  YA, no - field, plain

籠  ROU, kago, ko(moru) - basket

鎧  KAI,GAI, yoro(i) - armour

闘  TOU, tataka(u) - fight, struggle

氷  HYOU, kouri, hi, kou(ru) - ice, freeze

They are all used with 球 (KYUU, tama - ball, sphere) in the names of ball sports.

野球 YAKYUU - baseball  

籠球 ROUKYUU - basketball  

鎧球 GAIKYUU - american football  

闘球 TOUKYUU - rugby  

氷球 HYOUKYUU - ice hockey