Illustration: In the tatami bedroom of a Japanese home, an adult puts folded clothing into a sturdy wooden chest of drawers. Several broad drawers are stacked vertically, each with paired handles, and the open middle drawer reveals neat rows of shirts.

JLPT N2nounLevel estimated by Bebop

たんす

tansu

chest of drawers

Example sentences

  1. 昨日きのう、たんすを買かいました。

    I bought a chest of drawers yesterday.

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  2. 大おおきいクモが箪笥たんすの後うしろにいるよ。

    A big spider lives behind the chest of drawers.

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  3. タンスで探さがしていた物ものが見みつかった。

    I found what I was looking for in the drawers.

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