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とっくに (tokkuni)

long ago, already, a long time ago

  • JLPT N1
  • Pitch 3

Meaning

とっくに (tokkuni) is a JLPT N1 vocabulary word meaning “long ago, already, a long time ago”.

Example sentences 11

彼かれならとっくに帰かえりましたよ。

He's already gone home.

もうとっくに寝ねる時間じかんだ。

It is high time we went to bed.

もうとっくにねる時間だよ。

It's already time to sleep.

私はここにとっくに着いている。

I've been here for ages already.

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