Japanese word
たち
In your course · Chapter 11
- Part of speech
- affix
- Level
- A2
- Frequency
- No. 65 in the course corpus
Meanings
- (plural, for people)
- long sword (as opposed to the shorter katana)
- tachi
- sabre-like sword worn on the hip with the blade facing down
- pluralizing suffix (esp. for people and animals; formerly honorific)
- departure
- setting off
- start
- being used up
- being consumed
- being burnt out
- passage of time
- lapse
- rehearsal
- leading male role
- rising from a crouch to charge
- initial charge
- faceoff
- verb prefix conveying emphasis and sometimes formality
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