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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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    1. Noun

      1.

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

    2. Noun

      2.

      thin rectangle

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    短冊 【たんざく】短冊 【たんじゃく】短尺 【たんざく】短尺 【たんじゃく】短籍 【たんざく】短籍 【たんじゃく】

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      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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