たんざく

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See also: たんさく

Japanese

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