とっくに
N2 tokkuni
- long ago
- already
- a long time ago
adverb
Also written 疾っくに
Chinese meanings
早就;很久以前
Examples
- もうとっくに寝る時間だ。It is high time we went to bed.早就到了睡觉时间。
- 君はとっくにここにいなきゃいけないはずだ。It's about time you got here!你早就应该到这里了。
Use this entry in code
import { getVocabById } from 'kotowa';
getVocabById('9b8ecc5c1f'); // とっくに
{
"id": "9b8ecc5c1f",
"word": "とっくに",
"reading": "とっくに",
"romaji": "tokkuni",
"meanings": [
"long ago",
"already",
"a long time ago"
],
"level": "N2",
"pos": [
"adv"
],
"jmdict_id": 1320570,
"other_forms": [
"疾っくに"
],
"examples": [
{
"ja": "もうとっくに寝る時間だ。",
"furigana": "もうとっくに{寝|ね}る{時間|じかん}だ。",
"en": "It is high time we went to bed.",
"tatoeba_id": 194381
},
{
"ja": "君はとっくにここにいなきゃいけないはずだ。",
"furigana": "{君|きみ}はとっくにここにいなきゃいけないはずだ。",
"en": "It's about time you got here!",
"tatoeba_id": 177626
}
],
"zh": {
"status": "reviewed",
"source_hash": "28fd9e1ea713ee5e930696f45d53d384f39f63acd63187319e4c6774aa1a997f",
"meanings": [
"早就",
"很久以前"
],
"examples": [
{
"ja": "もうとっくに寝る時間だ。",
"zh": "早就到了睡觉时间。"
},
{
"ja": "君はとっくにここにいなきゃいけないはずだ。",
"zh": "你早就应该到这里了。"
}
],
"references": [
"upstream vocab/n2/9b8ecc5c1f",
"JMdict ent_seq 1320570; local JMdict_e.gz",
"Original Chinese authored and reviewed by Codex; no independent human review"
],
"reviewer": "Codex",
"review_method": "ai",
"reviewed_at": "2026-10-28",
"review_hash": "56e40430e02df5e353692557237ea640da4309e5f2923a76c714bbd7f9c78751"
}
}