Word Meaning 竹とんぼ

たけとんぼ taketombo

竹とんぼ is read as たけとんぼ (taketombo) and means small wooden Japanese toy that flies when spun between the palms of one's hands.

Meaning

English

  1. small wooden Japanese toy that flies when spun between the palms of one's hands

Reading

Kana

たけとんぼ

Romaji

taketombo

Writing Variants

  • 竹蜻蛉 たけとんぼ taketombo

Stroke Sequence

4 Characters • 15 Total Strokes

Study Signals and Categories

JLPT N2 Jōyō Grade 1 Kanken 10級 Rank 83295 Priority N

Related Vocabulary

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竹林

ちくりん

bamboo thicket

たけ

bamboo (any grass of subfamily Bambusoideae)

竹馬

たけうま

hobby horse

竹の子

たけのこ

bamboo shoot

竹細工

たけざいく

bamboo work

竹島問題

たけしまもんだい

Liancourt Rocks dispute (territorial dispute between Japan and South Korea)

竹取物語

たけとりものがたり

Taketori Monogatari (The Tale of the Bamboo-Cutter)

竹夫人

ちくふじん

bamboo wife

竹中工務店

たけなかこうむてん

Takenaka Corporation

竹の子族

たけのこぞく

Takenoko Tribe

竹の園生

たけのそのう

bamboo garden