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small sake cup
A small, typically ceramic cup used for drinking sake. Usually holds about 30-50 ml. A staple item at izakaya and traditional Japanese restaurants.
お猪口で日本酒を飲む。
To drink sake from an ochoko cup.
このお猪口は有田焼です。
This sake cup is Arita ware.
祖父は毎晩お猪口に二杯だけ日本酒を飲むのが習慣だった。
My grandfather's habit was to drink just two small cups of sake every evening.
The お is an honorific prefix and is almost always included — 猪口 alone is rarely used.
SAKE DRINKING VESSELS:
- お猪口: small cup (30-50 ml), the most common
- 盃: flat, saucer-shaped cup (used in ceremonies)
- 枡: square wooden box (sometimes used for sake)
- 徳利: sake carafe/flask (pours into お猪口)
COMMON PATTERNS:
- お猪口で飲む: to drink from an ochoko
- お猪口に注ぐ: to pour into an ochoko
- お猪口一杯: one cup (of sake)
CULTURE:
Ceramic お猪口 in various regional styles are popular souvenir items. Many izakaya let customers choose their preferred cup.