jar, pot, hinge knuckle, one's aim

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Kun

つぼ

Dictionary

Common Words

NounFreq #8659
1

pot; jar; vase

Examples
これは彼が最も大切にしているつぼだ。
This is the pot he treasures most of all.
2

dice cup

3

depression; basin (e.g. of a waterfall)

4

Word usually written using kana alone

aim; what one wants; the mark

5

Word usually written using kana alone

key point (of a conversation, etc.); essence

6

Word usually written using kana alone

acupuncture point; moxibustion point; pressure point

7

Word usually written using kana alone; Oft. written as ツボ

position on the fingerboard (of a shamisen, koto, etc.)

8

Archaic

target (when aiming an arrow)

唾壺唾壷だこNounFreq #25050
1

spittoon

滝壷滝壺滝つぼきつぼNounFreq #40522
1

plunge basin; waterfall lake; plunge pool; basin under a waterfall

肉壷肉壺にくつぼNounVulgarFreq #59509
1

Slang

pussy; cunt

骨壷骨壺つつぼNounFreq #71819
1

funerary urn; cinerary urn; burial urn; cremation urn

Examples
祖母の遺灰は寺院に置かれた骨壷に入っている。
Grandmother's ashes are in an urn at the temple.
茶壺茶壷ゃつぼNounFreq #72364
1

tea jar; tea urn

油壺油壷油つぼぶらつぼNounFreq #77830
1

oil bottle (esp. for hair oil)

2

oilcup

3

font (in an oil lamp)

酒壺酒壷かつぼゅこNounFreq #91331
1

sake jar; jar containing alcohol

NounFreq #93202
1

hu (ancient Chinese vessel shaped like a vase, usually used to store alcohol)

墨つぼ墨壺墨壷すみつぼNounFreq #103766
1

ink line; tool for marking long, straight lines on flat surfaces

2

inkpot; ink bottle

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