shelf, ledge, rack, mount, mantle, trellis

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Memory Mnemonics

Keywords

shelf

Constituents

?month2
?moon2
?part of the body2
?wood
flesh
flesh
month
moon
part of the body
companion
tree

Mnemonic Stories

A shelf is like a _wood_en companion to books.

The otaku built a shelf out of some wood to display his anime figurines, his only companions.

Gepetto stores Pinocchio (his _wood_en companion) on a shelf.

Dictionary

Common Words

NounFreq #2706
1

shelf; ledge; rack

Examples
その本はいちばん上のに置いてください。
Put the book on the top shelf.
2

trellis

本棚んだなNounFreq #5659
1

bookshelves; bookshelf; bookcase

Examples
この本棚は組み立てが簡単です。
This bookcase is easy to assemble.
戸棚だなNounFreq #14434
1

cupboard; locker; closet; wardrobe; cabinet

Examples
この本は戸棚の上です。
This book goes on the top shelf.
なび棚引くIntransitiveUsually kanaGodan verbFreq #17792
1

to trail (of smoke, clouds, etc.); to hang (of mist, haze, etc.); to lie (over); to linger; to flow (e.g. of hair in the wind)

棚に上げるたなにあげるExpressionIchidan verbFreq #18809
1

Idiomatic expression

to shut one's eyes to (one's own faults, etc.); to pretend not to see; to pay no attention to; to forget; to fail to notice; to put on a shelf

Examples
自分のことを棚にあげて他人を非難することはできない。
The pot can't call the kettle black.
書棚ょだなNounFreq #20547
1

bookshelf

Examples
これらの本を書棚へ戻しなさい。
Carry these books back to the bookshelf.
棚上げなあげNounTransitive~する VerbFreq #27046
1

shelving (a matter, plan, etc.); pigeonholing; tabling; putting aside; putting on hold

Examples
その問題は当分棚上げだ。
That problem has been shelved for the time being.
2

keeping (goods) off the market (to adjust the supply-demand balance)

七夕棚機織女なばたせき (七夕)棚幡NounFreq #27837
1

Star Festival (held in July or August); Tanabata; Festival of the Weaver

Examples
七夕は漫画によく出てくるので、私もそこそこ知っています。
Tanabata comes up in manga a lot so I also know it fairly well.
食器棚ょっきだなNounFreq #30982
1

cupboard; sideboard

Examples
キャビネットは集めたものを陳列するための食器棚である。
A cabinet is a cupboard used for displaying things.
神棚みだなNounFreq #38228
1

Shinto

kamidana; household shrine; home shrine

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