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たんす箪笥タンス簞笥NounUsually kanaFreq #26617
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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.
ひょうたん瓢箪ヒョウタンNounUsually kanaFreq #47382
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calabash (Lagenaria siceraria); bottle gourd

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gourd (container); calabash

瓢箪から駒ひょうたんから駒ひょうたんからこまNounExpressionFreq #103234
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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.
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Idiomatic expression

something impossible; something ridiculous

一箪一簞いったんNounFreq #228661
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bamboo utensil (for holding food); bamboo dish

一箪の食一瓢の飲一簞の食一瓢の飲いったんのしいっぴょうのいんNounExpression
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Idiomatic expression; From the Analects of Confucius

simple food and drink; being content with a frugal life; a bamboo dish of rice and a gourd of drink

箪食壺漿簞食壺漿箪食瓠漿簞食瓠漿箪食壷漿簞食壷漿たんしこしょうNoun四字熟語Freq #222958
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Rare term; From Mencius

receiving with food and drink (e.g. troops); baskets of rice and vessels of congee

箪食簞食たんしNounArchaicFreq #286375
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bamboo dish of rice

箪食瓢飲簞食瓢飲たんしひょういんNoun四字熟語Freq #292014
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Rare term; From the Analects of Confucius

simple food and drink; being content with a frugal life; a bamboo dish of rice and a gourd of drink