丹たん
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
Kanji used
rust colored
Pitch accent
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Used in vocabulary (22 in total)
painstaking; careful; meticulous; scrupulous; detailed; elaborate
Tango (former province located in the north of present-day Kyoto Prefecture)
Christianity (in feudal Japan); Christian
working earnestly; sincerity; diligence; effort; pains
large padded kimono
Jintan (brand-name breath mint marketed as having various medicinal properties); refreshing candies resembling BBs or metallic dragees
elixir (of life)
sincerity; faithfulness
tan-e; early multi-colour ukiyo-e print
Tanshū (the two former provinces of Tanba and Tango)
5-point card with a blue tanzaku; blue ribbon card; scoring combination consisting of the three 5-point cards with blue tanzaku
golden osmanthus (Osmanthus fragrans)
5-point card with a red tanzaku; red ribbon card; the three 5-point cards with ribbons (high-scoring meld)
cinnabar; vermilion
writing an inscription on a stone monument (e.g. before carving it)
Isetan (department store)
Ryōtan (region in Kansai corresponding to the two historical provinces of Tanba and Tango)
red; deep red; crimson
Christianity (in feudal Japan); Christian
Christianity (in feudal Japan); Christian