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Meanings

jar
pot

Readings

On — Chinese-derived reading, usually for compounds
Kun — Native Japanese reading, usually for standalone words
つぼ

Common Words

Noun
Freq #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)

唾壷
だこ
Noun
Freq #25050
1

spittoon

滝壺
滝つぼ
きつぼ
Noun
Freq #40522
1

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

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)
Expression
Godan verb
Freq #43193
1

to be mad about; to be hooked on

みつつぼ
Noun
Freq #47113
1

Slang; Euphemistic

female genitalia

肉壺
にくつぼ
Noun
Vulgar
Freq #59509
1

Slang

pussy; cunt

ンクつぼ
Noun
Freq #62370
1

inkwell

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)
Expression
Noun
Freq #64974
1

sense of humour (humor); funny bone

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)
Expression
Godan verb
Usually kana
Freq #66336
1

Idiomatic expression

to hit the bull's-eye

2

Idiomatic expression

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

骨壺
つつぼ
Noun
Freq #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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