タン
Meanings
1
Culinary term for animal tongue as food, especially beef tongue (牛タン) or pork tongue (豚タン).
I ordered beef tongue at the yakiniku restaurant.
2
Refers to the flap under the laces of a shoe.
The tongue of my shoe keeps slipping and bothers me.
Usage patterns
- タンを焼くto grill (beef/pork) tongue
At the yakiniku restaurant we grilled tongue with salt and ate it.
- 靴のタンが破れるfor a shoe's tongue to tear
The tongue of my old shoe tore.