たんざく

See also: たんさく

Japanese

For pronunciation and definitions of たんざく – see the following entry.
【短冊】
[noun] tanzaku; A small strip of paper that can be written on, especially those hung on bamboo or other trees during Tanabata.
[noun] A vertical card on which Japanese poetry (waka, haiku, etc.) can be written.
[noun] A thin strip of cloth before the middle perforation of, for example, a cuff.
[noun] synonym of スリップ (surippu): a transliteration of the English word 'slip'
[noun] (historical, colloquial) synonym of 一分金 (ichibukin), a rectangular gold coin worth one 分 (bu, one-fourth of a ryō)
[noun] short for 短冊形 (tanzaku-gata): a thin rectangle
[noun] short for 短冊箱 (tanzaku-bako): a box in which tanzaku or tea utensils are stored.
[noun] A small twisted piece of paper used in the lottery.
[noun] (hanafuda) A playing card depicting a tanzaku (strip of paper) attached to the plant corresponding to the card's suit.
Alternative spellings
短尺, 短籍
(This term, たんざく (tanzaku), is the hiragana spelling of the above term.)
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