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壺 つぼ

  1. jar; pot; vase
  2. dice cup
  3. basin (e.g. of a waterfall); depression
  4. aim; the mark; what one wants
  5. essence; key point (of a conversation, etc.)
  6. acupuncture point; moxibustion point; pressure point
  7. position on the fingerboard (of a shamisen, koto, etc.)
  8. target (when aiming an arrow)

壺 こ

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

壺にはまる つぼにはまる

  1. to hit the bull's-eye
  2. to go as expected; to succeed (e.g. a plan)

壺中 こちゅう

  1. inside a jar
  2. coward; timid person

壺中の天地 こちゅうのてんち

  1. another world; enchanted land; joy from drinking and forgetting about the workaday world

壺皿 つぼざら

  1. dice cup; small, deep dish

壺草 つぼくさ

  1. Asiatic pennywort (Centella asiatica); Indian pennywort; centella; gotu kola

壺鯛 ツボダイ

  1. Japanese armorhead (Pentaceros japonicus)

便壺 べんつぼ

  1. clay pot used to collect feces in an outhouse; night-soil vault

金壺眼 かなつぼまなこ

  1. goggle-eyes; greedy look; round, sunken eyes
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