タン — meaning in English

English meaning

• dan noun A ranking level of black belt awarded in martial arts such as judo or karate, or a person holding that rank.
• tongue noun The flexible muscular organ in the mouth used for tasting, moving food, and forming speech sounds.

Senses

タン is used for these senses in English:

• tongue In a shoe, the flap of material that goes between the laces and the foot (so called because it resembles a tongue in the mouth).

dan — full definition

1. noun A ranking level of black belt awarded in martial arts such as judo or karate, or a person holding that rank.
2. noun An old-fashioned title of respect placed before a name, roughly meaning "master" or "sir", now found mainly in historical or literary writing.

tongue — full definition

1. noun The flexible muscular organ in the mouth used for tasting, moving food, and forming speech sounds.
2. noun A language.
3. noun A narrow strip of material or land, such as the flap in a shoe or a strip of land jutting into water.

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