蛸壷

Japanese

Kanji in this term
蛸	壷
たこ Hyōgaiji	つぼ Hyōgaiji
kun’yomi

Etymology

蛸 (たこ) (tako) (“octopus”) +‎ 壷 (つぼ) (tsubo) (“jar, pot”).

Pronunciation

Kun’yomi
- (Tokyo) たこつぼ [tàkóꜜtsùbò] (Nakadaka – [2])^[1]
- (Tokyo) たこつぼ [tàkótsúbó] (Heiban – [0])^[1]
- IPA^(key): [ta̠ko̞t͡sɨᵝbo̞]

Noun

蛸壷 (shinjitai kanji, kyūjitai kanji 蛸壺, hiragana たこつぼ, rōmaji takotsubo)

octopus pot
(military) foxhole

Descendants

→ English: takotsubo, Takotsubo

References

1 2 2006, 大辞林 (Daijirin), Third Edition (in Japanese), Tōkyō: Sanseidō, →ISBN

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