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太鼓判たいこばんNounslarge seal; large stamp
一番太鼓いちばんだいこNounsopening drum signal; drum roll announcing the start of an event
和太鼓わだいこNounsJapanese drum; wadaiko
大太鼓だだいこNounsdadaiko drum; large drum for bugaku and gagaku
大太鼓おおだいこNounslarge drum; bass drum
でんでん太鼓でんでんだいこNounspellet drum; rattle drum
かかり太鼓かかりだいこNounswar drum
太鼓内訳たいこうちわけNounsdrumming style used to announce bouts
太鼓台たいこだいNounslarge float for carrying taiko drums at festivals
太鼓打ちたいこうちNounstaiko drumming; taiko drummer · water scorpion (Laccotrephes japonensis)
太鼓持ちたいこもちNounsprofessional jester; entertainer; buffoon · flatterer; sycophant; brown-noser
太鼓橋たいこばしNounsarched bridge; drum bridge
太鼓焼きたいこやきNounsimagawayaki; thick pancake with bean jam
太鼓腹たいこばらNounspotbelly; paunch
太鼓虫たいこむしNounsdragonfly nymph; dragonfly naiad
太鼓鋲たいこびょうNounsround-headed tack; drawing pin
寄せ太鼓よせだいこNounssumo morning drums to draw crowds
小太鼓こだいこNounssmall drum
お太鼓おたいこNounsdrum-style obi knot
打ち出し太鼓うちだしだいこNounsdrum signalling end of a performance
押し太鼓おしだいこNounswar drum
担い太鼓にないだいこNounsninaidaiko; drum carried on a pole, used in bugaku and gagaku
攻め太鼓せめだいこNounsattack-signaling drum
桶太鼓おけだいこNounsbarrel drum; cylindrical drum
桶胴太鼓おけどうだいこNounsbarrel drum; drum with an uncurved body
櫓太鼓やぐらだいこNounssumo drum; drum announcing bouts
火焔太鼓かえんだいこNounsdadaiko drum (decorated with flames)
組太鼓くみだいこNounsensemble taiko drumming
締太鼓しめだいこNounssmall high-pitched taiko drum with rope-tensioned head
触れ太鼓ふれだいこNounsdrumming in the streets to announce a sumo tournament · announcing an event by walking around beating a drum; drum used for such announcements
跳ね太鼓はねだいこNounsdrumming at the end of a sumo day to invite spectators back tomorrow
釣り太鼓つりだいこNounstsuri-daiko; large hanging drum for gagaku and bugaku
銭太鼓ぜにだいこNounszenidaiko; hollow bamboo baton with coins inside
陣太鼓じんだいこNounswar drum
鬼太鼓おにだいこNounsdemon drumming; ogre-repelling drum performance