たんざく

See also: たんさく

Japanese

For pronunciation and definitions of たんざく – see the following entry.

[noun] a small strip of paper that can be written on, especially those hung on bamboo or other trees during Tanabata

[noun] a vertical card in which Japanese poetry (waka, haiku, etc.) can be written on

[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

Alternative spellings
短尺, 短籍

(This term, たんざく, is the hiragana spelling of the above term.)

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