No. 1,521 in Japanese
タコ
"タコ" means "octopus" in English.
In a sentence
タコは海に住んでいる動物です。
Tako is an animal that lives in the sea.
タコ refers to the marine animal, octopus.
タコヤキを初めて食べたとき、とても美味しかったです。
When I ate takoyaki for the first time, it was very delicious.
タコ is used as part of the compound word タコヤキ (takoyaki), referring to the octopus filling in the dish.
彼の失敗はタコと言われています。
His failure is called a 'tako' (clumsy or foolish move).
タコ is used metaphorically to describe a clumsy person or act.
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