Compounds of 鼓

• 太鼓持ち
  (n) (1) professional jester
  professional entertainer
  comedian
  buffoon
  (2) flatterer
  sycophant
  brown-noser
• 太鼓内訳
  (n) drumming style used to announce sumo bouts
• 跳ね太鼓
  (n) drumming at the end of the day of sumo wrestling inviting spectators to return tomorrow
• 締め太鼓
  (n) small high-pitched Japanese drum or taiko with its head pulled taut by ropes
• 勇を鼓す
  (exp) to screw up one's courage
  to take heart
• お太鼓結び
  (n) very common way of tying a woman's kimono sash
• 御太鼓結び
  (n) very common way of tying a woman's kimono sash
• 心臓の鼓動
  (n) heartbeat
• 舌鼓を打つ
  (exp,v5t) to smack one's lips at
  to eat with relish
• 腹鼓を打つ
  (exp) to eat to one's hearts content
  to drum the belly
• 太鼓判を押す
  (exp,v5s) to give the stamp of approval
• 打ち出し太鼓
  (n) drum signalling end of a performance