Search Terms: *壺*
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noun
1.
pot, jar, vase
2.
dice cup
3.
depression, basin (e.g. of a waterfall)
See also:滝壺
4.
5.
key point (of a conversation, etc.), essence(usually kana)
6.
acupuncture point, moxibustion point, pressure point(usually kana)
7.
position on the fingerboard (of a shamisen, koto, etc.)(usually kana)(often ツボ)
8.
target (when aiming an arrow)(archaism)
Other readings:
壺【つほ】[2]
、壺【つふ】[2]
、壷【つぼ】
、壷【つほ】[2]
、壷【つふ】[2]
、壼【つぼ】[1]
、壼【つほ】[1][2]
、壼【つふ】[1][2]
、ツボ
Notes:
- word containing irregular kanji usage
- out-dated or obsolete kana usage
noun
•
funerary urn, cinerary urn, burial urn, cremation urn
Other readings:
骨壺【こつつぼ】
、骨つぼ【こつつぼ】
noun
•
part of a lock that receives the latch, keeper, strike
See also:掛け金 (かけがね)
Other readings:
受壺【うけつぼ】
noun
1.
one's wishes, one's expectations
2.
just as expected
Other readings:
思うツボ【おもうツボ】
、思う壷【おもうつぼ】
、思う壺【おもうつぼ】
expression, Godan-ru verb
•
to turn out just as one wished, to play into the hands (of)(idiom )
Other readings:
思う壷にはまる【おもうつぼにはまる】
、思うつぼにはまる【おもうつぼにはまる】
noun
•
Canopic jar, Canopic vase (used to store the internal organs of an Egyptian mummy)
Other readings:
カノプス壺【カノプスつぼ】
、カノープス壺【カノープスつぼ】
noun
•
hu (ancient Chinese vessel shaped like a vase, usually used to store alcohol)
Other readings:
壷【こ】
noun, no-adjective
1.
inside a jar
noun
2.
coward, timid person
Other readings:
壷中【こちゅう】
noun, expression
•
another world, enchanted land, joy from drinking and forgetting about the workaday world
Other readings:
壷中の天地【こちゅうのてんち】
noun
•
sake jar, jar containing alcohol
Other readings:
酒壺【しゅこ】
、酒壷【さかつぼ】
、酒壷【しゅこ】
expression, noun
•
turban cooked whole in its own shell
See also:栄螺
Other readings:
栄螺の壺焼き【さざえのつぼやき】
、さざえの壺焼き【さざえのつぼやき】
noun
1.
ink line, tool for marking long, straight lines on flat surfaces
2.
inkpot, ink bottle
Other readings:
墨壺【すみつぼ】
、墨壷【すみつぼ】
noun
•
plunge basin, waterfall lake, plunge pool, basin under a waterfall
Other readings:
滝壺【たきつぼ】
、滝つぼ【たきつぼ】
noun
1.
octopus pot
2.
foxhole (in a battlefield)
3.
bubble, echo chamber
Other readings:
タコ壺【タコつぼ】
、タコ壷【タコつぼ】
、蛸壺【たこつぼ】
、タコツボ
noun
•
receiving with food and drink (e.g. troops), baskets of rice and vessels of congee(yojijukugo, obscure)(from Mencius)
Other readings:
簞食壺漿【たんしこしょう】
、箪食瓠漿【たんしこしょう】
、簞食瓠漿【たんしこしょう】
、箪食壷漿【たんしこしょう】
、簞食壷漿【たんしこしょう】