太鼓判

Japanese

Kanji in this term
たい
Grade: 2

Grade: S
ばん
Grade: 5
on'yomi

Pronunciation

  • (Tokyo) いこばん [tàíkóbáń] (Heiban – [0])[1]
  • IPA(key): [ta̠iko̞bã̠ɴ]

Noun

(たい)()(ばん) • (taikobanたいこばん (taikoban)?

  1. large stamp
  2. seal of approval
    太鼓判(たいこばん)()
    taikoban o osu
    to give one's seal of approval
    (literally, “to stamp a large stamp”)

References

  1. ^ Matsumura, Akira, editor (2006), 大辞林 [Daijirin] (in Japanese), Third edition, Tokyo: Sanseidō, →ISBN