思う壺 – Vocabulary details

思おもう壺つぼ

Noun

1. one's wishes; one's expectations

2. just as expected

think (that something is true)

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to think; to consider; to think (of doing); to plan (to do); to judge; to assess; to imagine

pot; jar; dice cup; depression; basin (e.g. of a waterfall); aim; what one wants

to turn out just as one wished; to play into the hands (of)

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