徳利病

Japanese

Kanji in this term
とく > とっく
Grade: 4
(ateji)

Grade: 4
(ateji)
びょう
Grade: 3
on'yomi
Alternative spellings
德利病 (kyūjitai)
とっくり病

Etymology

From 徳利(とっくり) (tokkuri, tokkuri) + (びょう) (byō, disease).

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): [to̞k̚kɯ̟ɾʲibʲo̞ː]

Noun

(とっく)()(びょう) • (tokkuri-byō

  1. (mycology) "tokkuri disease": disease in hinoki (Chamaecyparis obtusa) trees where the trunk displays tokkuri-shaped hypertrophy