樽
barrel, cask, keg
Readings
On'yomi
- ソン
Kun'yomi
- たる
Meaning
樽 centers on a wooden container for liquids: a barrel, cask, or keg.
Most common words using 樽
- 樽たるN1
cask; barrel
- 酒樽さかだる
sake barrel; sake cask
- ビア樽ビアだる
beer barrel
- 味噌樽みそだる
miso barrel
- 大樽おおだる
hogshead; puncheon; foudre
- 小樽商科大学おたるしょうかだいがく
Otaru University of Commerce
- 市立小樽美術館しりつおたるびじゅつかん
Otaru City Museum of Art
- 木樽きだる
wooden barrel
- 柄樽えだる
red and black lacquered sake cask with horn-like handles, used for ceremonies
- 柳樽やなぎだる
lacquered sake barrel (often used at weddings and other celebratory events)
- 樽俎そんそ
(eating or drinking) party
- 樽俎折衝そんそせっしょう
diplomatic negotiations at the dinner table; diplomatic bargaining
- 樽柿たるがき
persimmons mellowed in a sake cask
- 樽酒たるざけ
sake that has been kept in a wooden cask; cask sake; barreled sake
- 水樽みずだる
water cask
- 油樽あぶらたる
oil barrel; oil cask
- 空き樽あきだる
empty barrel
- 菰樽こもだる
sake barrel wrapped in straw matting
- 角樽つのだる
two-handled keg
Study
Etymology
樽 combines 木 (wood) with 尊, which likely contributes the sound and may relate to a vessel or container. The character specifically denotes a wooden barrel.
Meaning mnemonic
A wooden 木 container 尊 that holds liquid: picture a sturdy wooden barrel with a bung, used as a cask or keg.
Reading mnemonic
For ソン, imagine a son inheriting his father's wooden barrel: son -> ソン, and the barrel is passed down.