57 results for *壺*

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  1. Noun

    pot; jar; vase

    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)

    see 滝壺

  4. aim; what one wants; the mark

    Usually written using kana alonesee 思うつぼ

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

    Usually written using kana alone

  6. acupuncture point; moxibustion point; pressure point

    Usually written using kana alone

  7. point that appeals to one's sense of humor; something one finds amusing

    Usually written using kana aloneColloquialsee ツボに入る

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

    Usually written using kana aloneoft. written as ツボ

  9. target (when aiming an arrow)

    Archaic

Also written 壷【つぼ】

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More words

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

滝壷たきつぼ

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

便壺べんつぼ

Nounnight-soil vault; clay pot used to collect feces in an outhouse

骨壷こつつぼ

Nounfunerary urn; cinerary urn; burial urn; cremation urn

油壺あぶらつぼ

Nounoil bottle (esp. for hair oil) · oilcup · font (in an oil lamp)

茶壺ちゃつぼ

Nountea jar; tea urn

蛸壺たこつぼ

Nounoctopus pot · foxhole (in a battlefield) · bubble; echo chamber

痰壺たんつぼ

Nounspittoon; cuspidor

壺皿つぼざら

Nounsmall, deep dish; dice cup

金壷かなつぼ

Nounmetal jar; metal pot

唾壺だこ

Nounspittoon

壷黴ツボカビ

Nounchytrid (any simple, algaelike fungi of order Chytridiales)

土壺どつぼ

Nounterrible situation; awful state of affairs; (being) in the shit · night-soil reservoir dug in a field · night-soil pot

坪庭つぼにわ

Nouninner garden (esp. small, traditional); courtyard

酒壺さかつぼ

Nounsake jar; jar containing alcohol

糞壺くそつぼ

Nounclay pot used to collect night-soil

野壷のつぼ

Nounnight-soil reservoir dug in the field; field latrine

肥壺こえつぼ

Nounchamber pot; jerry

扁壺へんこ

Nouncircular flat stoneware flask

壺草つぼくさ

NounAsiatic pennywort (Centella asiatica); centella; gotu kola; Indian pennywort

壺中こちゅう

Noun, Noun which may take the genitive case particle 'no'inside a jar · coward; timid person

肉壷にくつぼ

Nounpussy; cunt

投壺とうこ

Nounpitch-pot (stick-throwing game)

蜜壺みつつぼ

Nounfemale genitalia

桐壺きりつぼ

Nouncourt ladies' residence (in the inner Heian Palace)

壺鯛ツボダイ

NounJapanese armorhead (Pentaceros japonicus)

墨つぼすみつぼ

Nounink line; tool for marking long, straight lines on flat surfaces · inkpot; ink bottle

金壺眼かなつぼまなこ

Noungoggle-eyes; round, sunken eyes; greedy look

思う壺おもうつぼ

Nounone's wishes; one's expectations · just as expected

富士壺ふじつぼ

Nounacorn barnacle (Balanomorpha spp.)

壷洗いつぼあらい

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

受け壺うけつぼ

Nounpart of a lock that receives the latch; keeper; strike

つぼ湯つぼゆ

Nounsmall (usu. round) bathtub for a single person (in a bathhouse or hot spring)

つぼ金つぼがね

Noungudgeon; knuckle (of a hinge)

前つぼまえつぼ

Nounfrontal sandal strap (between the toes)

つぼ型つぼがた

Noun, Noun which may take the genitive case particle 'no'urn shape; bulb shape

鼻煙壺びえんこ

Nounsnuff bottle

火消し壷ひけしつぼ

Nouncharcoal extinguisher

消しつぼけしつぼ

Noun(jar used as a) charcoal extinguisher

つぼ焼きつぼやき

Nounshellfish cooked in its own shell (esp. turban shell) · food cooked in a crockpot

インク壺インクつぼ

Nouninkwell

ガラス壺ガラスつぼ

Nounglass jar

笑壺の会えつぼのかい

Expressions (phrases, clauses, etc.), Noungathering that's fun for everyone present

箪食壺漿たんしこしょう

Nounreceiving with food and drink (e.g. troops); baskets of rice and vessels of congee

カノポス壺カノポスつぼ

NounCanopic jar (used to store the internal organs of an Egyptian mummy); Canopic vase

壺に嵌まるツボにはまる

Expressions (phrases, clauses, etc.), Godan verb with 'ru' endingto hit the bull's-eye · to go as expected; to succeed (e.g. of a plan) · to strike one's fancy; to tickle one's funny bone; to hit the spot

笑いのツボわらいのツボ

Expressions (phrases, clauses, etc.), Nounsense of humour (humor); funny bone

壺中の天地こちゅうのてんち

Noun, Expressions (phrases, clauses, etc.)another world; enchanted land; joy from drinking and forgetting about the workaday world

ツボに入るつぼにはいる

Expressions (phrases, clauses, etc.), Godan verb with 'ru' endingto be mad about; to be hooked on · to find something hilarious; to find something so funny that one cannot stop laughing