Vocab Info
N4 Noun
短冊
long, narrow strip of paper on which Japanese poems are written (vertically), tanzaku, thin rectangle
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ん
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Examples
短冊を庭に生えている竹に飾る。
To decorate tanzaku poems on bamboo growing in the garden.
- N4
あなたは短冊にどんな願い事を書きましたか?
What wishes did you write on your tanzaku?
- N4
短冊に書いた願い事がほとんど叶ったので驚いています。
I am surprised that most of the wishes I wrote on the tanzaku came true.
- N4
昔の人は短冊に和歌を書いて交換して遊んでいたらしい。
It is said that people in the past used to write waka poems on tanzaku and exchange them for fun.
- N3
夜ご飯の下準備として大根と人参を短冊の形に切っているところです。
I am cutting daikon and carrots into strips in preparation for dinner.
- N3
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