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SILVER ERA · ことばを、少しずつ。
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とっくに

N2
tokkuni
  1. long ago
  2. already
  3. a long time ago
adverb

Also written 疾っくに

Chinese meanings

早就;很久以前

Examples

  • もうとっくに寝ねる時じ間かんだ。
    It is high time we went to bed.
    早就到了睡觉时间。
  • 君きみ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"
  }
}