Japanese DictionaryDefinition of /meaning-of-たんちょう
- (ctr) counter for long and narrow things such as guns, scissors, spades, hoes, inksticks, palanquins, candles, jinrikishas, shamisen, oars, etc.
- (n) negative (static) charge; negative electric charge; (sometimes called "negative electricity")
- (n) positive electric charge; positive (static) charge; (sometimes called "positive electricity")
- (ctr) counter for sheets, pages, leaves, etc.
- counter for blocks of tofu; counter for servings in a restaurant
私が見つけたのは１丁のハサミだけだった。
I found nothing but a pair of scissors. - counter for long and narrow things such as guns, scissors, spades, hoes, inksticks, palanquins, candles, jinrikishas, shamisen, oars, etc.
- (n) even number
- 109.09 m
- (n, n-pref) variable measure of fabric (28.8 cm in width); for kimonos: at least 10 m in length; for haori: at least 7.27 m in length; for other clothes: at least 6.06 m in length
彼は階段を一度に三段ずつかけあがった。
He jumped up the steps three at a time. - 300 tsubo (991.74 meters square, 0.24506 acres)
- six ken (10.91 m)
- (n) town; block; neighbourhood; neighborhood
私たちは買い物に中心街に行く。
We go downtown to do shopping. - street; road
ニューヨークの五番街は銀座と比較される。
New York's Fifth Avenue is comparable to Ginza. - 109.09 m
- 0.99 hectares
- (n) positive electric charge; positive (static) charge; (sometimes called "positive electricity")
- (n) Halla okadai (species of eunicid worm used as fishing bait)
- (species of eunicid worm used as fishing bait)
- red mite (i.e. a chigger)
- (n) locked up feeling; cooped up feeling; feeling of entrapment; (feeling of hopelessness); being in a bind
- (n) miniature Chusan palm (Trachycarpus wagnerianus); (poss. Trachycarpus fortunei)
- (n) Gokturks; Sky Turks; Tujue; (powerful Turkic confederation from medieval Inner Asia)