Search Terms: 壺*
Dictionary results(showing 16 results)
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
•
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
•
individually "washing" a partner's fingers or toes in one's vagina (esp. as a service at a soapland)(slang)
See also:ソープランド
Other readings:
壺洗い【つぼあらい】
noun
•
chytrid (any simple, algaelike fungi of order Chytridiales)(usually kana)
Other readings:
つぼかび《壺黴》
、ツボカビ
noun
•
Asiatic pennywort (Centella asiatica), centella, gotu kola, Indian pennywort(usually kana)
Other readings:
つぼくさ《壷草》
、ツボクサ
expression, Godan-ru verb
•
to be mad about, to be hooked on
Other readings:
つぼに入る【つぼにはいる】
、壺に入る【つぼにはいる】
expression, Godan-ru verb
1.
to hit the bull's-eye(idiom , usually kana)
2.
to go as expected, to succeed (e.g. a plan)(idiom , usually kana)
Other readings:
つぼにはまる《つぼに嵌まる》
、つぼにはまる《壺に嵌まる》
、ツボにはまる《ツボに嵌まる》
noun
•
inner garden (esp. small, traditional), courtyard
Other readings:
壺庭【つぼにわ】
noun
1.
2.
food cooked in a crockpot
Other readings:
壺焼き【つぼやき】
、壷焼き【つぼやき】
、壺焼【つぼやき】
、壷焼【つぼやき】
noun
•
small (usu. round) bathtub for a single person (in a bathhouse or hot spring)
Other readings:
壺湯【つぼゆ】
、壷湯【つぼゆ】
expression, Ichidan verb
•
to grasp the important points, to hit the right points
Other readings:
つぼを押さえる【つぼをおさえる】
、壺を押さえる【つぼをおさえる】