also: とくり
sake bottle; tokkuri
A tall, slender bottle with a narrow mouth, traditionally ceramic, used for serving sake. Also used for soy sauce or vinegar.
The old man poured sake from the tokkuri into a small cup.
turtleneck; turtleneck sweater
Slang for a turtleneck sweater, likening the shape of the neck to a tokkuri bottle.
It's cold, so I wore a turtleneck today.
non-swimmer; person who can't swim
Slang for someone who cannot swim, from the image of sinking straight down like a tokkuri bottle.
He's a non-swimmer, so he doesn't go into the ocean.
ponytail palm; elephant's foot
potter wasp; Eumenes mikado
two-handed head twist down
Standard kanji spelling, though it is ateji (phonetic).
Kana spelling is common in everyday writing.
Older or dialectal reading; rarely used in modern standard Japanese.
The kanji 徳利 are ateji (phonetic) for the reading とっくり. The word originally referred to the sake bottle, and later extended to other meanings by metaphorical shape or behavior.