Word Meaning 棚ぼた

たなぼた tanabota

棚ぼた is read as たなぼた (tanabota) and means godsend.

Meaning

English

  1. godsend
  2. windfall

Reading

Kana

たなぼた

Romaji

tanabota

Writing Variants

  • 棚牡丹 たなぼた tanabota

Stroke Sequence

3 Characters • 22 Total Strokes

Study Signals and Categories

JLPT N1 Jōyō Upper Grade Kanken 準2級 Rank 137864 Priority V

Related Vocabulary

Max. 12

たな

trellis

棚上げ

たなあげ

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

棚機つ女

たなばたつめ

female weaver

棚代

たなだい

shelf space rent

棚に上げる

たなにあげる

to shut one's eyes to (one's own faults, etc.)

棚へ上げる

たなへあげる

to be blind to one's shortcomings

棚田

たなだ

terraced rice fields

棚経

たなぎょう

chanting sutras in front of a shōryōdana (of a monk during the Bon Festival)

棚卸資産

たなおろししさん

inventory

棚引く

たなびく

to trail (of smoke, clouds, etc.)

本棚

ほんだな

bookshelves

戸棚

とだな

cupboard