壺

Meaning

壺 centers on a container with a narrow opening: a jar or pot, typically used for holding liquids or small items.

• 壺つぼ
  N1

  pot; jar; vase

• 唾壺だこ

  spittoon

• 思う壺おもうつぼ

  one's wishes; one's expectations

• インク壺インクつぼ

  inkwell

• カノポス壺カノポスつぼ

  Canopic jar (used to store the internal organs of an Egyptian mummy); Canopic vase

• ガラス壺ガラスつぼ

  glass jar

• クラインの壺クラインのつぼ

  Klein bottle

• サザエの壺焼きさざえのつぼやき

  turban cooked whole in its own shell

• 中流に舟を失えば一壺も千金ちゅうりゅうにふねをうしなえばいっこもせんきん

  any port will do in a storm; when you've lost your boat midstream, even a pot is worth a fortune

• 便壺べんつぼ

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

• 受け壺うけつぼ

  part of a lock that receives the latch; keeper; strike

• 土壺どつぼ

  terrible situation; awful state of affairs; (being) in the shit

• 壺こ

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

• 壺にはまるつぼにはまる

  to hit the bull's-eye

• 壺中こちゅう

  inside a jar

• 壺中の天地こちゅうのてんち

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

• 壺皿つぼざら

  small, deep dish; dice cup

• 壺草つぼくさ

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

• 壺鯛つぼだい

  Japanese armorhead (Pentaceros japonicus)

• 富士壺ふじつぼ

  acorn barnacle (Balanomorpha spp.)

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