ツボ – Vocabulary details

ツボ

Noun

1. pot; jar; vase

2. dice cup

3. depression; basin (e.g. of a waterfall)

4. aim; what one wants; the mark

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

6. acupuncture point; moxibustion point; pressure point

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

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

oft. written as ツボ

9. target (when aiming an arrow)

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to be mad about; to be hooked on; to find something hilarious; to find something so funny that one cannot stop laughing

acorn barnacle (Balanomorpha spp.)

to 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

私わたしは彼かれがその箱はこから何なにかつぼツボのようなものを取とり出だすのを見みた。

I saw him take out something like a pot from the box.

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