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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)

NounFreq #93202
1

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

ツボカビつぼかび壺黴NounUsually kanaFreq #301902
1

chytrid (any simple, algaelike fungi of order Chytridiales)

洗い壺洗いつぼあらいNounFreq #303162
1

Slang

individually "washing" a partner's fingers or toes in one's vagina (esp. as a service at a soapland)

唾壺だこNounFreq #25050
1

spittoon

滝壺滝つぼきつぼNounFreq #40522
1

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

肉壺にくつぼNounVulgarFreq #59509
1

Slang

pussy; cunt

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.
茶壺ゃつぼNounFreq #72364
1

tea jar; tea urn

油壺油つぼぶらつぼNounFreq #77830
1

oil bottle (esp. for hair oil)

2

oilcup

3

font (in an oil lamp)

酒壺かつぼゅこNounFreq #91331
1

sake jar; jar containing alcohol

墨つぼ墨壺すみつぼNounFreq #103766
1

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

2

inkpot; ink bottle

つぼ蛸壺タコ壺NounUsually kanaFreq #110575
1

octopus pot

2

foxhole (in a battlefield)

3

bubble; echo chamber

壺中こちゅうNounFreq #130320
1

Nouns which may take the genitive case particle 'no'

inside a jar

2

coward; timid person

どつぼ土壺ど壺ドツボNounFreq #131963
1

Word usually written using kana alone; Usu. as ドツボにはまる

terrible situation; awful state of affairs; (being) in the shit

2

Word usually written using kana alone

night-soil reservoir dug in a field

3

Word usually written using kana alone; Orig. meaning

night-soil pot

4

Rare term

earthenware vessel; earthen urn

思う壺にはまる思うつぼにはまる思うツボにはまる思う壺に嵌るおもうつぼにはまるExpressionGodan verbFreq #136114
1

Idiomatic expression

to turn out just as one wished; to come up to one's expectations; to play into the hands (of)

痰壺んつぼNounFreq #141504
1

spittoon; cuspidor

つぼ焼き壺焼き焼き壺焼ぼやきNounFreq #165630
1

Abbreviation

shellfish cooked in its own shell (esp. turban shell)

2

food cooked in a crockpot

金壺なつぼNounFreq #170576
1

metal jar; metal pot

火消し火消し壺けしつぼNounFreq #180153
1

charcoal extinguisher

思う壺思うつぼ思うツボ思ううつぼNounFreq #206291
1

one's wishes; one's expectations

Examples
向こうの思う壷だぞ。
You will play into their hands.
2

just as expected

投壺とうこNounFreq #210834
1

pitch-pot (stick-throwing game)

前つぼ前壺まえつぼ前坪NounFreq #229882
1

frontal sandal strap (between the toes)

扁壺へんこNounFreq #231845
1

circular flat stoneware flask