depression, cave in, sink, become hollow

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くぼ.むくぼ.みくぼ.まるくぼ

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凹み窪みぼみこみ (凹み)NounFreq #21786
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hollow; cavity; dent; depression

Examples
後ろのドアにへこみができた。
They had a dent in the rear door.
窪む凹むぼむIntransitiveGodan verbFreq #29897
1

to cave in; to become depressed; to sink

Examples
スープを入れるくぼんだお皿がありますか。
Do you have a bowl for soup?
NounFreq #30360
1

hollow; cavity; sunken place

2

Archaic

vagina; female genitalia

窪地凹地ぼちうち (凹地)NounFreq #37063
1

hollow; low ground; basin; pit; dip; depression

くぼエクボ笑窪NounUsually kanaFreq #42753
1

dimple

Examples
彼女は笑うと愛らしくえくぼができる。
She has cute dimples when she smiles.
落ち窪む落ちくぼむちくぼIntransitiveGodan verbFreq #47169
1

to sink in; to cave in

あばたもえくぼ痘痕も笑窪痘痕も靨アバタもエクボExpressionUsually kanaFreq #93412
1

Proverb

love is blind; (when in love) even pockmarks are dimples

Examples
大恋愛の末に結ばれるわけではないから、アバタもエクボということはありえなかった。
Since they didn't tie the knot following a grand love affair, it wasn't a matter of blind love.
んのくぼ盆の窪NounExpressionUsually kanaFreq #98342
1

hollow at nape of the neck

2

Archaic

toddler's shaved hairstyle leaving a small portion at the nape (esp. Edo period)

落窪物語おちくぼものがたりNounFreq #177532
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Work of art, literature, music, etc. name

Ochikubo Monogatari; The Tale of Ochikubo (Heian period Cinderella story)

片えくぼ片エクボ片笑窪たえくぼ片靨NounFreq #185330
1

dimple on one cheek

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