タン

noun

tongue (beef, pork, etc.)

Culinary term for animal tongue as food, especially beef tongue (牛タン) or pork tongue (豚タン).

• 焼やき肉にく屋やで牛ぎゅうタンを注ちゅう文もんした。

  I ordered beef tongue at the yakiniku restaurant.

noun

tongue (of a shoe)

Refers to the flap under the laces of a shoe.

• 靴くつのタンがずれて気きになる。

  The tongue of my shoe keeps slipping and bothers me.