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Definitions and examples are grouped by meaning. Pronunciation, history, word forms, translations, descendants, synonyms, antonyms, derived terms, and related words appear whenever the source provides them.
Sound
Each Play button uses your device's default local English voice, or a natural local fallback. The selected voice name appears after playback. This is synthesized speech, not a source recording.
noun
A traditional drum, beaten by yobidashi to announce the beginning of a tournament, and at the end of each day
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Topics: government, hobbies, lifestyle, martial-arts, military, politics, sports, sumo, war, wrestling
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noun
A Japanese drum or a performance of several drummers in an ensemble (also called kumi-daiko).
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Topics: entertainment, lifestyle, music
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noun
The Chatham Island taiko (Pterodroma magentae).
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History
Borrowed from Japanese 太鼓 (たいこ taiko), from 太 (thàj, “great”) + 鼓 (kú, “drum”).
