カクテル

カクテル · kakuteru · JLPT N1 · noun

cocktail

カクテル — cocktail

🍸 Katakana loanword from English cocktail, so kaku-te-ru sounds like cock + tail

The English word's origin is uncertain. A popular folk tale links it to rooster tail feathers, but no record confirms this. The Japanese word is a direct loan from English.

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