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JLPT N2 · Noun

太鼓 (taiko)

太鼓 (たいこ, taiko) is a Japanese noun meaning “drum”. It appears in JLPT N2 vocabulary lists and is marked as a common word in JMdict.

Reading
たいこ
Romaji
taiko
Word class
Noun
Level
JLPT N2 (unofficial)

Meaning

  1. drum · noun, noun taking の

Example sentences

鉦や太鼓で探しあてた割には、あいつ期待はずれだったよな。
He turned out to be a real disappointment after we went through hell and high water to find him.
Tatoeba #146298

Sentences from the Tatoeba project, linked to this word in JMdict.

Kanji in 太鼓

太
plump, thick, big aroundタイ・タ・ふと.い・ふと.る · 4 strokes
鼓
drum, beat, rouseコ・つづみ · 13 strokes

Related words

Other vocabulary sharing a kanji with 太鼓.

太いふといfat太るふとるto put on weight太陽たいようSun

Source: JMdict entry 1408280 (EDRDG, CC BY-SA 4.0). Level: unofficial JLPT list – how levels are assigned.