jar, pot

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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

ツボに入るつぼに入る壺に入るツボにはいる (ツボに入る)つぼにはいる (つぼに入る/壺に入る)ExpressionGodan verbFreq #43193
1

to be mad about; to be hooked on

蜜壺みつつぼNounFreq #47113
1

Slang; Euphemistic

female genitalia

肉壷肉壺にくつぼNounVulgarFreq #59509
1

Slang

pussy; cunt

インク壺ンクつぼNounFreq #62370
1

inkwell

笑いのツボ笑いのつぼ笑いの壺わらいのツボ (笑いのツボ)わらいのつぼ (笑いのつぼ/笑いの壺)NounExpressionFreq #64974
1

sense of humour (humor); funny bone

つぼにはまる (壺にはまる/つぼに嵌まる/壺に嵌まる)壺にはまるつぼに嵌まるツボに嵌まる壺に嵌まるツボにはまる (ツボに嵌まる)ExpressionUsually kanaGodan verbFreq #66336
1

Idiomatic expression

to hit the bull's-eye

2

Idiomatic expression

to go as expected; to succeed (e.g. a plan)

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.

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