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sake flask; sake decanter
a small vessel used to serve warmed or room-temperature sake, typically narrow-necked and ceramic
お銚子を一本ください。
One flask of sake, please.
お銚子が空いたので、もう一本頼もう。
The sake flask is empty, so let's order another one.
熱燗をお銚子に注いで、ゆっくり晩酌を楽しんだ。
I poured hot sake into the flask and enjoyed a leisurely evening drink.
The polite form of 銚子, with the honorific prefix お. In modern usage, お銚子 typically refers to the small ceramic flask (technically a とっくり/徳利) used to serve sake at restaurants and bars. Historically, 銚子 referred to a long-handled metal vessel used in formal sake ceremonies, but this distinction has been lost in everyday language. Counted with 本.
COMMON COLLOCATIONS:
- お銚子を一本: one flask of sake
- お銚子が空く: the sake flask is empty
- お銚子をつける: to warm sake in the flask
- お銚子を回す: to pass the sake flask around
RELATED TERMS:
- 徳利: tokkuri — the technically correct name for the narrow-necked sake flask
- 猪口: ochoko — the small cup sake is poured into
- 熱燗: hot sake — sake warmed in a flask
- 冷酒: cold sake — sake served chilled