Japanese symbol for “shelving”
棚上げ
たなあげ
Romaji: tanaage
shelving (a matter, plan, etc.); pigeonholing; tabling; putting aside
In Japanese, shelving is 棚上げ, read たなあげ (tanaage).
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Meanings
- n, vs, vt shelving (a matter, plan, etc.); pigeonholing; tabling; putting aside; putting on hold
- n, vs, vt keeping (goods) off the market (to adjust the supply-demand balance)
Kanji and stroke order
Other Japanese words for “shelving”
| Word | Reading | Meaning |
|---|---|---|
| 見送り | みおくり miokuri | deferment; postponement; shelving |
| 握りつぶし | にぎりつぶし nigiritsubushi | shelving; pigeonholing; putting to one side |
| お蔵 | おくら okura | shelving (a play, movie, etc.); closing down; cancelling |
| 廃棄処分 | はいきしょぶん haikishobun | disposal; scrapping; replacement |
| 棚板 | たないた tanaita | shelf; shelving |
Related words
Words that share a kanji.
| Word | Reading | Meaning |
|---|---|---|
| 本棚 | ほんだな hondana | bookshelves; bookshelf; bookcase |
| 戸棚 | とだな todana | cupboard; locker; closet |
| 大陸棚 | たいりくだな tairikudana | continental shelf |
| 神棚 | かみだな kamidana | kamidana; household shrine; home shrine |
| 書棚 | しょだな shodana | bookshelf |
| 以上 | いじょう ijou | not less than ...; ... and over; ... and above |
| 売り上げ | うりあげ uriage | amount sold; sales; proceeds |
| 上昇 | じょうしょう joushou | rising; ascending; climbing |
Data: JMdict (CC BY-SA 4.0); KANJIDIC2 (CC BY-SA 4.0); KanjiVG (CC BY-SA 3.0); wordfreq (CC BY-SA 4.0 (data)). Retrieved 2026-10-22.