棚

• 読み: たな
• ローマ字: tana
• 漢字の分解: 棚 (hō/tana) — shelf, rack
• 発音: /ta.na/

意味

A shelf; shelves; a rack. A flat surface fixed to a wall or frame for storing or displaying items.

A common household word for any type of shelf or rack. Appears in many compounds: 本棚 (hondana, bookshelf), 食器棚 (shokkidana, dish cupboard), 戸棚 (todana, cabinet). The proverb 棚からぼたもち means an unexpected piece of good luck, literally a rice cake falling from a shelf.

例文

1. 本棚に新しい本を並べました。
2. その皿は上の棚に置いてください。
3. 棚を買って部屋を片付けたい。

使い方ガイド

場面: home, furniture, organisation

トーン: neutral

起源と歴史

From Old Japanese. The kanji 棚 combines 木 (ki, wood) with 朋 (hō, companion/row), suggesting wooden boards arranged in rows — the basic structure of a shelf.

文化的背景

時代: Ancient

世代: All ages

社会的背景: Universal