Word Meaning 啐啄

そったく sottaku

啐啄 is read as そったく (sottaku) and means being completely in sync (of a Zen master and apprentice).

Meaning

English

  1. being completely in sync (of a Zen master and apprentice)
  2. once-in-a-lifetime opportunity
  3. golden opportunity

Reading

Kana

そったく

Romaji

sottaku

Writing Variants

  • そっ啄 そったく sottaku

Study Signals and Categories

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Related Vocabulary

Max. 12

啐啄同時

そったくどうじ

timing is everything

啄木

たくぼく

woodpecker

野口啄木鳥

のぐちげら

Okinawa woodpecker (Sapheopipo noguchii)

大赤啄木鳥

おおあかげら

white-backed woodpecker (Dendrocopos leucotos)

小赤啄木鳥

こあかげら

lesser spotted woodpecker (Dendrocopos minor)