たん
Meanings
Noun
Chemistry
1. cinnabar; vermilion (mercury sulfide); red lead (trilead tetroxide)
2. red color; vermilion pigment; cinnabar
3. elixir (esp. of immortality); pill
4. sincerity; true heart; devotion
Pitch accent
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Used in vocabulary (17 in total)
Jintan (brand-name breath mint marketed as having various medicinal properties); refreshing candies resembling BBs or metallic dragees
painstaking; careful; meticulous; scrupulous; detailed; elaborate
writing an inscription on a stone monument (e.g. before carving it)
working earnestly; sincerity; diligence; effort; pains
cinnabar; vermilion
Tango (former province located in the north of present-day Kyoto Prefecture)
large padded kimono
elixir (of life)
sincerity; faithfulness
erysipelas
tan-e; early multi-colour ukiyo-e print
Tanshū (the two former provinces of Tanba and Tango)
Isetan (department store)
golden osmanthus (Osmanthus fragrans)
Ryōtan (region in Kansai corresponding to the two historical provinces of Tanba and Tango)
red; deep red; crimson