- ところてん
- ところてん【心太】gelidium jelly.
●心太を押し出す push out tokoroten.
ところてん突き a tokoroten-making implement.ところてん草 =てんぐさ.ところてん式に 〔順送りに〕 in turn; one after another; successively; 〔機械的に〕 mechanically; automatically.●この学校に入って 4 年すれば心太式に卒業できる仕組みさ. The setup is that if you get into this school and put in four years, you'll automatically graduate.
Japanese-English dictionary. 2013.