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太鼓 (たいこ): drum, tambourine — Japanese vocabulary

太鼓 is read たいこ and means "drum, tambourine". JLPT N2 word with pitch accent and an example sentence.

太鼓

Reading
たいこ · taiko
Translation
drum, tambourine
Level
JLPT N2
Pitch accent
たいこが

Example

太鼓の音が聞こえる。

たいこのおとがきこえる。

I hear the drum.

Kanji in this word

  • 太 — fat, thick
  • 鼓 — drum, beat

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