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Meanings

bamboo rice basket

Readings

On — Chinese-derived reading, usually for compounds
タン
Kun — Native Japanese reading, usually for standalone words
はこ

Common Words

箪笥
タンス
簞笥
Noun
Usually kana
Freq #26617
1

chest of drawers; bureau; cabinet; tansu; dresser

Examples
タンスで探していた物が見つかった。
I found what I was looking for in the drawers.
瓢箪
ヒョウタン
Noun
Usually kana
Freq #47382
1

calabash (Lagenaria siceraria); bottle gourd

2

gourd (container); calabash

洋服タンス
洋服箪笥
洋服だんす
洋服たんす
ようふくダンス (洋服ダンス)
ようふくタンス (洋服タンス)
うふくだんす (洋服箪笥/洋服だんす)
ようふくたんす (洋服箪笥/洋服たんす)
Noun
Freq #69146
1

wardrobe (esp. for Western clothes); chest of drawers; clothespress; dresser; tallboy

ゃだんす
Noun
Freq #83914
1

tea cabinet; cupboard for tea implements

ひょうたんから駒
ひょうたんからこま
Expression
Noun
Freq #103234
1

Idiomatic expression

something appearing from a place one wouldn't expect; something said as a joke actually happening; a horse from a gourd

Examples
瓢箪から駒って言うのかな、知人の紹介で就職決まっちゃったんだよ。
I just got a great job because of an introduction from a friend. Sometimes things happen when you least expect it.
2

Idiomatic expression

something impossible; something ridiculous

青びょうたん
おびょうたん
Noun
Freq #104917
1

green calabash; unripe gourd

2

scrawny, pale person; sallow-faced person

しょうだんす
Noun
Freq #107962
1

wardrobe

用箪笥
用だんす
ようダンス (用ダンス)
うだんす (用箪笥/用だんす)
Noun
Freq #120054
1

small cabinet; chest of drawers; bureau

たんす貯金
箪笥貯金
タンスちょきん (タンス貯金)
たんすちょきん (たんす貯金/箪笥貯金)
Noun
Freq #151043
1

mattress money

たんす預金
箪笥預金
タンスよきん (タンス預金)
たんすよきん (たんす預金/箪笥預金)
Noun
Freq #151692
1

mattress money

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