つぼ
Meanings
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. position on the fingerboard (of a shamisen, koto, etc.)
often ツボ
8. target (when aiming an arrow)
Kanji used
jar
Pitch accent
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Used in vocabulary (44 in total)
plunge basin; waterfall lake; plunge pool; basin under a waterfall
female genitalia
pussy; cunt
tea jar; tea urn
acorn barnacle (Balanomorpha spp.)
funerary urn; cinerary urn; burial urn; cremation urn
to be mad about; to be hooked on
oil bottle (esp. for hair oil); oilcup; font (in an oil lamp)
ink line; tool for marking long, straight lines on flat surfaces; inkpot; ink bottle
octopus pot; foxhole (in a battlefield); bubble; echo chamber
octopus pot; foxhole (in a battlefield); bubble; echo chamber
spittoon; cuspidor
shellfish cooked in its own shell (esp. turban shell); food cooked in a crockpot
charcoal extinguisher
clay pot used to collect night-soil
very bad condition; awful state; night-soil reservoir dug in a field; night-soil pot; earthenware vessel; earthen urn
to hit the bull's-eye; to go as expected; to succeed (e.g. a plan)
metal jar or pot
night-soil vault; clay pot used to collect feces in an outhouse
shellfish cooked in its own shell (esp. turban shell); food cooked in a crockpot
sense of humour (humor); funny bone
charcoal extinguisher
one's wishes; one's expectations; just as expected
inner garden (esp. small, traditional); courtyard
frontal sandal strap (between the toes)
small (usu. round) bathtub for a single person (in a bathhouse or hot spring)
individually "washing" a partner's fingers or toes in one's vagina (esp. as a service at a soapland)
Canopic jar; Canopic vase (used to store the internal organs of an Egyptian mummy)
very bad condition; awful state; night-soil reservoir dug in a field; night-soil pot; earthenware vessel; earthen urn
to hit the bull's-eye; to go as expected; to succeed (e.g. a plan)
to grasp the important points; to hit the right points
to understand the essence; to catch the main points
chamber pot; jerry
night-soil reservoir dug in the field; field latrine
Canopic jar; Canopic vase (used to store the internal organs of an Egyptian mummy)
Canopic jar; Canopic vase (used to store the internal organs of an Egyptian mummy)
part of a lock that receives the latch; keeper; strike
Asiatic pennywort (Centella asiatica); centella; gotu kola; Indian pennywort
chytrid (any simple, algaelike fungi of order Chytridiales)
Examples (1 in total)
I saw him take out something like a pot from the box.