Word Meaning 棚引く

たなびく tanabiku

棚引く is read as たなびく (tanabiku) and means to trail (of smoke, clouds, etc.).

Meaning

English

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)

Reading

Kana

たなびく

Romaji

tanabiku

Stroke Sequence

3 Characters • 17 Total Strokes

Study Signals and Categories

JLPT N1 Jōyō Upper Grade Kanken 準2級 Rank 115001 Priority S

Related Vocabulary

Max. 12

棚

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

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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

引き裂く

ひきさく

to (forcibly) separate (a couple, family, etc.)

興味を引く

きょうみをひく

to attract interest

長引く

ながびく

to be prolonged