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Kotomora

キープボトル

Meanings

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noun

bottle keep; keep bottle

A system in Japanese bars where a customer buys a bottle of spirits, labels it with their name, and the bar stores it for them to drink over multiple visits. Wasei-eigo from 'keep bottle'; the reverse form ボトルキープ is also used.

wasei-eigo (Japanese-coined English), from keep bottle

See also: ボトルキープ