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たこ
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Meanings
Noun
1. octopus (Usually kana)
Other spellings
蛸たこ
Other readings
タコ
Kanji in other spellings
蛸octopus
Pitch accent
たこ
Used in vocabulary
茹ゆで蛸たこ
boiled octopus; person with red flushed skin
Noun
茹ゆで蛸だこ
boiled octopus; person with red flushed skin
Noun
蛸たこ入にゅう道どう
octopus; man with a bald or shaven head
Noun
蛸たこ坊ぼう主ず
man with a bald or shaven head
Noun
蛸たこ足あし配はい線せん
overloading an electrical circuit; piggybacked electrical outlet; "octopus outlet"
Noun
蛸たこ配はい当とう
bogus dividend
Noun
たこいか
boreopacific armhook squid (Gonatopsis borealis)
Noun
蛸たこ引ひき
long, thin-bladed knife used for sashimi preparation
Noun
かんてんだこ
seven-arm octopus (Haliphron atlanticus)
Noun
うでながかくれだこ
algae octopus (Abdopus aculeatus)
Noun
Examples2
That octopus returned to the sea without being eaten.
The octopus is in the sea.