Practice JLPTMeaning
壺 (つぼ, tsubo) is a bonus vocabulary word meaning “pot”.
Example sentences 12
このつぼはとても 高価なものです
This jar is a very expensive item.
桐壺参照。
See Kiritsubo.
母は桐壺更衣。
His mother was Kiritsubo no Koi (a court lady of lower status).
桐壺帝の中宮。
She is Emperor Kiritsubo's empress.
冬、桐壺帝崩御。
In winter, Emperor Kiritsubo dies.
桐壺帝第八皇子。
He is the eighth prince of Emperor Kiritsubo.
藤壺の姪にあたる。
She is a niece of Fujitsubo.
藤壺の兄とは別人。
Fujitsubo's older brother is a different person.
斎宮下向から程なく、桐壺帝が重態に陥り崩御した。
Soon after the high priestess had left, Emperor Kiritsubo fell into a critical condition, and died.
壺飾・壺荘（つぼかざり）は茶壺を床に飾る取り扱いである。
Tsubo kazari (
そして、亡き母に似ているという藤壺を殊更に慕うようになる。
He especially adored Fujitsubo, because she was the very image of his deceased mother.
空の蛸壺が浜辺に積まれている光景は、一部の地域では漁村景観の一つともなっている。
The sight of empty octopus trap pots being piled on the beach has become part of the fishing village scenery in some regions.