おちょこ

noun

sake cup; small cup for drinking sake

A small cup, typically ceramic, used for drinking sake. The word is polite (お + ちょこ) and very common in everyday conversation about drinking.

See also: ちょこ

• おちょこに日本にほん酒しゅを注そそいで乾かん杯ぱいした。

  We poured sake into the small cups and made a toast.

• このおちょこは手て作づくりの陶とう器きで、一ひとつ一ひとつ形かたちが違ちがう。

  These sake cups are handmade pottery, and each one has a different shape.