三徳包丁

さんとくほうちょう さんとくぼうちょう

all-purpose kitchen knife, santoku knife

徳

とく

virtue

朝起きは三文の徳

あさおきはさんもんのとく

The early bird catches the worm

早起きは三文の徳

はやおきはさんもんのとく

the early bird gets the worm; early to bed and early to rise, makes a man healthy, wealthy and wise

志徳

しとく

Shitoku era (of the Northern Court) (1384.2.27-1387.8.23)

遺徳

いとく

benefit from ancestors' virtue

徳器

とっき

one's talent and virtue, noble character

武徳

ぶとく

martial arts

善徳

ぜんとく

virtues

建徳

けんとく

Kentoku era (of the Southern Court) (1370.7.24-1372.4.?)

報徳

ほうとく

moral requital

宝徳

ほうとく

Houtoku era (1449.7.28-1452.7.25)

徳望

とくぼう

moral influence

学徳

がくとく

learning and virtue

神徳

しんとく

divine virtues

恩徳

おんとく

grace, blessing, compassion

才徳

さいとく

intelligence and virtue

乾徳

けんとく いぬいいさお

emperor's virtue

徳利

とっくり とくり

sake bottle, tall and slender bottle with a narrow mouth made from ceramic, metal or glass that can be used for sake, shoyu or rice vinegar