Meaning
壷 (つぼ, tsubo) is a JLPT N1 vocabulary word meaning “tsubo jar, pot, vase”.
Example sentences 10
このつぼはとても高価なものです
This jar is a very expensive item.
母は桐壺更衣。
His mother was Kiritsubo no Koi (a court lady of lower status).
冬、桐壺帝崩御。
In winter, Emperor Kiritsubo dies.
壺型埴輪もあった。
There were also jar shaped haniwa.
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.
向こうの思う壷だぞ。
You will play into their hands.
彼は、粘土で優雅な壷を形作った。
He fashioned an elegant pot out of clay.
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 is the practice of displaying a tea jar on the floor.
日本や中国では夥しい数の退蔵銭が壷などに入って出土することがある。
In Japan and China, a pot containing lots of old coins is sometimes unearthed.