短冊

Compound of Middle Chinese-derived elements 短 (tan, “short”) +‎ 冊 (saku, “writable object”).

The saku changes to zaku as an instance of rendaku (連濁).

• (Tokyo) たんざく [tàńzákú] (Heiban – [0])^[1]
• (Tokyo) たんざく [tàńzákúꜜ] (Odaka – [4])^[1]
• IPA^(key): [tã̠nd͡za̠kɯ̟]

短(たん)冊(ざく) • (tanzaku) 

1. tanzaku; A small strip of paper that can be written on, especially those hung on bamboo or other trees during Tanabata.
2. A vertical card on which Japanese poetry (waka, haiku, etc.) can be written.
3. A thin strip of cloth before the middle perforation of, for example, a cuff.
4. synonym of スリップ (surippu): a transliteration of the English word 'slip'
5. (historical, colloquial) synonym of 一分金 (ichibukin), a rectangular gold coin worth one 分 (bu, one-fourth of a ryō)
6. short for 短冊形 (tanzaku-gata): a thin rectangle
7. short for 短冊箱 (tanzaku-bako): a box in which tanzaku or tea utensils are stored.
8. A small twisted piece of paper used in the lottery.

   Synonym: 捻り文 (hineribumi)

10. (hanafuda) A playing card depicting a tanzaku (strip of paper) attached to the plant corresponding to the card's suit.

    Synonyms: タン (tan), 短冊札 (tanzaku-fuda), 5点札 (goten-fuda)

Compound of Middle Chinese-derived elements 短 (tan, “short”) +‎ 冊 (shaku, “writable object”).

The shaku changes to jaku as an instance of rendaku (連濁).

• (Tokyo) たんじゃく [tàńjákú] (Heiban – [0])^[1]
• IPA^(key): [tã̠ɲ̟d͡ʑa̠kɯ̟]

短(たん)冊(じゃく) • (tanjaku) 

1. (rare) Same as たんざく (tanzaku) above
2. a kind of 指物 (sashimono, “small banner worn by soldiers for identification during the Sengoku period”)

• 重(かさ)ね短(たん)冊(じゃく) (kasane tanjaku)