蛸
蛸

octopus

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たこ

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Common Words

たこ焼きたこやき蛸焼きNounFreq #14399
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Food, cooking

takoyaki; octopus dumplings

たこ蛸タコ章魚鮹NounUsually kanaFreq #23497
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octopus

Examples
食べられることなくそのたこは、海に帰ったのであった。
That octopus returned to the sea without being eaten.
2

Colloquial

fool; idiot

茹でタコ茹でダコ茹で蛸茹蛸ゆでだこ (茹で蛸／茹蛸)ゆでダコ (茹でダコ)ゆでタコ (茹でタコ)ゆでたこ (茹で蛸／茹蛸)NounFreq #64653
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Food, cooking

boiled octopus

2

Idiomatic expression

person with red flushed skin

大だこ大ダコ大蛸おおだこ (大だこ／大蛸)おおダコ (大ダコ)オオダコNounFreq #100170
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giant Pacific octopus (Enteroctopus dofleini); North Pacific giant octopus

蛸足タコ足たこ足たこあし (蛸足／たこ足)タコあし (タコ足)NounFreq #102879
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Noun or verb acting prenominally

many-legged; octopus-like

たこのあし蛸の足タコノアシNounUsually kanaFreq #105972
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Penthorum chinense (species of saxifrage)

引っ張りだこひっぱりだこ引っ張り凧引っ張り蛸NounFreq #106208
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Nouns which may take the genitive case particle 'no'

being very popular; being in great demand

Examples
あのタレントはひっぱりだこである。
That talent is much sought after.
2

Food, cooking

octopus dried on skewers

まだこ真蛸真章魚マダコNounUsually kanaFreq #109872
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common octopus (Octopus vulgaris)

たこつぼ蛸壺タコ壺NounUsually kanaFreq #110575
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octopus pot

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foxhole (in a battlefield)

3

bubble; echo chamber

たこ焼き器たこやききNounFreq #117132
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takoyaki pan (cast iron with semi-spherical molds)

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