蛸壷

蛸壷

Japanese

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

Etymology

From 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)

1. octopus pot
2. (military) foxhole

Descendants

• → English: takotsubo, Takotsubo

References

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