棚（たな）
JLPT N5 · noun
Pitch accent: heiban (flat) — starts low, stays high, no drop
Meaning: shelf
Example sentences
- 読み終わった本を棚にきれいに並べる。 — I neatly line up the books I've finished reading on the shelf.
- 棚の上の重い箱を取ってください。 — Please get that heavy box down from the shelf.
Idioms & proverbs containing “棚”
- 棚に上げる (たなにあげる) — to shut one's eyes to (one's own faults, etc.); to pretend not to see; to pay no attention to; to forget; to fail to notice; to put on a shelf
- 棚からぼた餅 (たなからぼたもち) — sudden windfall; unexpected piece of good luck; azuki-covered mochi (fallen) from a shelf
- 自分のことは棚に上げる (じぶんのことはたなにあげる) — to ignore one's own shortcomings; to shut one's eyes to one's own faults; to act hypocritically
- 自分のことを棚に上げる (じぶんのことをたなにあげる) — to ignore one's own shortcomings; to shut one's eyes to one's own faults; to act hypocritically
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See it used in real works
- Example sentences from Japanese novels & web fiction (Massif)
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