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tanzaku

tanzaku noun: a slip of paper that can be written on, especially those hung on bamboo or other trees during the Tanabata festival.

tanzaku: a slip of paper that can be written on, especially those hung on bamboo or other trees during the...
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Noun

tanzaku (plural tanzaku)

  1. (Japanese culture) A slip of paper that can be written on, especially those hung on bamboo or other trees during the Tanabata festival.
  2. A hanafuda playing card depicting a tanzaku (slip of paper) attached to the plant corresponding to the card's suit.
    • On a different occasion, he was playing hanafuda in a mountain hut with several Japanese. When he tried to include the "Willow with Tanzaku" card in a "Nanatan" suit, someone pointed out, "Oh, but the 'Willow with Tanzaku' isn't allowed."2016, Ch'en Huo-ch'üan, translated by Lili Selden, Special Issue on Imperial Subject Literature in Taiwan, US-Taiwan Literature Foundation, →ISBN, The Path, page 64

Forms of tanzaku

pluraltanzaku

Questions about tanzaku

What does tanzaku mean?
Tanzaku means a slip of paper that can be written on, especially those hung on bamboo or other trees during the Tanabata festival.
What part of speech is tanzaku?
Tanzaku is a noun.
What is the plural of tanzaku?
The plural of tanzaku is tanzaku.

Words near tanzaku in the dictionary

  1. tanypezids
  2. tanystropheid
  3. tanystropheids
  4. Tanz.
  5. Tanza
  6. tanzaku
  7. Tanzalin method
  8. Tanzania
  9. Tanzanian
  10. Tanzanianness
  11. Tanzanians

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