Illustration: In a compact apartment kitchen, a woman places a ceramic mug onto a wooden shelf mounted above the counter. The horizontal board, its thickness, and two supporting brackets are clearly exposed beneath a tidy row of cups.

JLPT N4nounLevel estimated by Bebop

棚たな

tana

shelf

Example sentences

  1. その本ほんはいちばん上うえの棚たなに置おいてください。

    Put the book on the top shelf.

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  2. 棚たなにアルバムがある。

    There is an album on the shelf.

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  3. 彼かれは棚たなに頭あたまをぶつけた。

    He hit his head on the shelf.

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Kanji in 棚

  • 棚shelf; ledgeOnホウKunたな

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