Vocab Info

N4 Noun

短冊(たんざく)

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

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    Examples

    • 短冊(たんざく)(にわ)()えている(たけ)(かざ)る。

      To decorate tanzaku poems on bamboo growing in the garden.

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    • あなたは短冊(たんざく)にどんな(ねが)(ごと)()きましたか?

      What wishes did you write on your tanzaku?

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    • 短冊(たんざく)()いた(ねが)(ごと)がほとんど(かな)ったので(おどろ)いています。

      I am surprised that most of the wishes I wrote on the tanzaku came true.

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    • (むかし)(ひと)短冊(たんざく)和歌(わか)()いて交換(こうかん)して(あそ)んでいたらしい。

      It is said that people in the past used to write waka poems on tanzaku and exchange them for fun.

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    • (よる)(はん)(した)準備(じゅんび)として大根(だいこん)人参(にんじん)短冊(たんざく)(かたち)()っているところです。

      I am cutting daikon and carrots into strips in preparation for dinner.

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