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Etymology 1

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Alternative spelling
徳利
 
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Alternative forms

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Etymology 2

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Originally とくり (tokuri).

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Pronunciation

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Noun

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とっくり (tokkuriとつくり (totukuri)?

  1. sake bottle, used to pour sake to be drunk, and to hold sake maintained at a desired temperature, but not to be drunk from directly.
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  • English: tokkuri

Etymology 3

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Pronunciation

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Adverb

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とっくり (tokkuriとつくり (totukuri)?

  1. well; comprehensively
    とっくり(かんが)える
    tokkuri kangaeru
    to think hard

References

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  1. 1.0 1.1 Matsumura, Akira, editor (2006), 大辞林 [Daijirin] (in Japanese), Third edition, Tokyo: Sanseidō, →ISBN