Japanese

Pronunciation

• (Tokyo) と​っこ [tóꜜkkò] (Atamadaka - [1])
• IPA^(key): [to̞k̚ko̞]

Noun

とっこ ‎(romaji tokko)

1. (slang) a swindler, a con artist

Synonyms

• 詐欺師 (さぎし) ‎(sagishi), 騙 (かた)り者 (もの) ‎(katarimono)

Etymology 2

Reading of various kanji compounds.

Noun

とっこ ‎(romaji tokko)

1. 独鈷, 独股, 独古: a vajra, a dorje: a kind of double-headed scepter used in esoteric Buddhism; a pattern for cloth, consisting of interlocking tokko shapes

References

• 1988, 国語大辞典（新装版） (Kokugo Dai Jiten, Revised Edition) (in Japanese), Tōkyō: Shogakukan