とっくり

Japanese

Etymology 1

For pronunciation and definitions of とっくり – see the following entry.
【徳利】
[noun] a sake bottle, used to keep sake at a desired temperature until poured into a smaller drinking vessel (a choko)
[noun] a turtleneck (sweater)
[noun] a nonswimmer
(This term, とっくり (tokkuri), is the hiragana spelling of the above term.)

Etymology 2

Pronunciation

  • (Tokyo) とっくり [tòkkúꜜrì] (Nakadaka – [3])[1]
  • IPA(key): [to̞k̚kɯ̟ɾʲi]

Adverb

とっくり • (tokkuri) ←とつくり (totukuri)?

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

References

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