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    3. 短冊

    短冊

    短たん冊ざく

    tanzaku

    KMT9News #27+1Ref L2NounCulture & TraditionsKanji Vocab17 strokes

    短尺短籍

    たんざくたんじゃく

    Noun

    1.
    tanzaku, long, narrow strip of paper on which Japanese poems are written (vertically)
    2.
    thin rectangle
    abbreviation

    Stroke 0 / 17

    Speed1.0x

    七たな夕ばたの短たん冊ざくに願ねがい事ごとを書かきました。

    I wrote a wish on a Tanabata tanzaku.

    KMT5Culture & TraditionsDaily Life
    祭まつりの会かい場じょうには、色いろとりどりの短たん冊ざくが飾かざられていた。

    Colorful tanzaku were decorating the festival venue.

    KMT8Culture & TraditionsDaily Life
    彼かれは美うつくしい字じで短たん冊ざくに和わ歌かを書かき記しるした。

    He wrote a waka poem on a tanzaku in beautiful handwriting.

    KMT9Culture & TraditionsArt & Design
    短たん冊ざくに書かかれた俳はい句くは、風かぜに揺ゆれて趣おもむきがあった。

    The haiku written on the tanzaku swayed in the wind, adding to its charm.

    KMT9Culture & TraditionsLiteratureNature & Environment
    その短たん冊ざくは、江え戸ど時じ代だいの歌かじ人んが詠よんだとされる貴される重きちょうなものだ。

    That tanzaku is a valuable item said to have been composed by a poet from the Edo period.

    KMT10Culture & TraditionsHistoryLiterature

    Kanji that make up this word

    短
    みじか.い…(1)
    short・brevity・fault・defect・weak point
    冊
    ふみ…(2)
    tome・counter for books・volume
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