Illustration: On an open riverside embankment, a child braces both feet and holds a spool while a rectangular paper kite rises overhead. Its light bamboo frame is visible through the paper, and two long tails stream behind it. The taut string connects the child's hands directly to the flying kite.

JLPT N1nounLevel estimated by Bebop

凧たこ

tako

kite

Example sentences

  1. 日曜日にちようびに私わたしたちは浜辺はまべで凧たこを飛とばしていた。

    On Sunday we were on the beach flying a kite.

    Tatoeba · CC BY 2.0 FR · Source

  2. 凧たこ揚あげをしよう。

    Let’s fly kites.

    Tatoeba · CC BY 2.0 FR · Source

  3. 野原のはらへ凧たこをあげに行いきませんか。

    Let’s go to the field and fly kites, what do you say?

    Tatoeba · CC BY 2.0 FR · Source

Kanji in 凧

  • 凧kite; (kokuji)Kunいかのぼり・たこ

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