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tanzaku; long, narrow strip of paper on which Japanese poems are written (vertically)
thin rectangle
短冊に願いを書こう。
Let's write our wishes on the tanzaku strips.
古い短冊が博物館に展示されている。
Old tanzaku strips are displayed in the museum.
七夕の短冊を笹の枝に飾った。
We decorated the bamboo branches with Tanabata tanzaku strips.