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どっこい

Frequency rank: 32,505. – 32,810.

interjection (kandoushi)

heigh-ho; heave-ho
hold on!; just a minute
la-lameaningless word used in a song for rhythm

Forms

どっこいFrequency rank: 32,505. – 32,810.

Example sentences

2 results

1. どっこい。そうはいかないよ。

No, no! That's not right.

2. どうせださく駄作だろうとおもっていた思っていたのだけど、どっこいなかなかいいほん本だった。

I was expecting it to be a bad book, but damn me if it wasn't quite good after all.