太たい鼓こ打うち

noun

taiko drumming; taiko drummer

Refers to the act of playing taiko drums or a person who plays them. The context usually makes the meaning clear.

See also: 太鼓 (たいこ)

• 彼かれは太たい鼓こ打うちの名めい手しゅだ。

  He is a master taiko drummer.

• 祭まつりで太たい鼓こ打うちを披ひ露ろうした。

  They performed taiko drumming at the festival.

noun

water scorpion (Laccotrephes japonensis)

An aquatic insect. Usually written in katakana as タイコウチ in biological contexts.

• 田たんぼでタイコウチを見みつけた。

  I found a water scorpion in the rice paddy.