Illustration: In a neighborhood community hall, a child practices on a barrel-shaped taiko secured horizontally in a sturdy wooden stand. One thick wooden stick has just contacted the taut hide head while the other is raised for the next beat.

JLPT N2nounLevel estimated by Bebop

太たい鼓こ

taiko

drum

Example sentences

  1. 少年しょうねんがその太鼓たいこを叩たたいていた。

    A boy was beating the drum.

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  2. 太鼓たいこの音おとが聞きこえる。

    I hear the drum.

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  3. 子供こどもはたいこをたたくのが好すきです。

    Children like to beat drums.

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Kanji in 太鼓

  • 太plump; thickOnタイ・タKunふとい・ふとる
  • 鼓drum; beatOnコKunつづみ

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