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Common wordJLPTN1Freq.FrequencyTop 10,000

Meanings

barrel; cask

A large wooden container for liquids such as sake, soy sauce, or water. Often associated with traditional Japanese brewing and storage.

酒さか蔵ぐらには大おおきな樽たるが並ならんでいる。
Large barrels are lined up in the sake brewery.
この樽たるには何なん年ねんも熟じゅく成せいされた醤しょう油ゆが入はいっている。
This barrel contains soy sauce that has been aged for many years.

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Usage patterns

樽たるから〈物もの〉を注つぐto pour something out of a barrel
樽たるから酒さけを注そそいで振ふる舞まった。
He poured sake from the barrel and served it to everyone.
樽たるで〈物もの〉を熟じゅく成せいさせるto age something in a barrel
このウイスキーは樫かしの樽たるで長ながく熟じゅく成せいさせている。
This whisky is aged for a long time in oak barrels.
〈物もの〉を樽たるに詰つめるto pack/fill something into a barrel
醤しょう油ゆを樽たるに詰つめて出しゅっ荷かする。
They pack soy sauce into barrels and ship it out.

Kanji

樽barrel, cask, keg

Related words

バレル
バレル is a loanword used mainly for oil drums or industrial contexts, while 樽 is the native Japanese term for traditional wooden barrels like those used for sake.
ドラム缶かん
ドラム缶 is a metal cylindrical container used for oil or chemicals, while 樽 usually refers to a wooden (or sometimes plastic) barrel used for wine, sake, or pickles.
甕かめN1
樽 is a wooden cask or barrel (often for sake or soy sauce), while 甕 is made of fired clay.

Don't confuse with

桶おけN1
樽 is a barrel-shaped container with a lid used for storing liquids like sake, while 桶 is an open bucket or tub, often smaller and used for water or bathing.
バレル
樽 refers to an actual physical barrel or cask, whereas バレル in this entry is the abstract unit of volume, not the container itself.

Counted with

本ほんN5
Barrels and casks are often counted with 本 because they are long, cylindrical containers.

Word family· 14

酒さか樽だる
sake barrel; sake cask
大おお樽だる
large barrel; hogshead; puncheon; foudre
木き樽だる
wooden barrel
柄え樽だる
ceremonial lacquered sake cask with horn-like handles
柳やなぎ樽だる
lacquered sake barrel

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樽たる柿がき
persimmons mellowed in a sake cask
樽たる酒ざけ
cask sake; barreled sake
水みず樽だる
water cask
油あぶら樽たる
oil barrel; oil cask
菰こも樽だる
sake barrel wrapped in straw matting
角つの樽だる
two-handled keg

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Written forms

樽たるUsage87%
Standard kanji spelling; the word is commonly written in kanji.
たるUsage13%
Kana spelling is acceptable, especially in informal writing or when the kanji is not needed.

Etymology

Native Japanese word. The kanji 樽 is composed of 木 (tree, wood) and 尊 (precious, valuable), reflecting the traditional value of wooden barrels for storing important liquids like sake and soy sauce.