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    3. 竹の子族

    竹の子族

    竹たけの​子こ族ぞく

    Takenoko Tribe

    NTNounHistoryFashion & BeautyKanji Vocab21 strokes

    たけのこぞく

    Noun

    1.
    Takenoko Tribe, teenagers who dressed flamboyantly and danced in Harajuku, Tokyo, from the late 1970s to the mid 1980s
    historical term

    Stroke 0 / 21

    Speed1.0x

    Characters that make up this word

    竹
    たけ…(2)
    bamboo
    Kanji
    子
    こ・-こ・ね…(9)
    child・sign of the rat・11PM-1AM・first sign of Chinese zodiac
    Kanji
    族
    tribe・family
    Kanji
    の
    no
    Kana
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