蛸壷

Japanese

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

Alternative spelling
蛸壺 (kyūjitai)

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(たこ)壷(つぼ) • (takotsubo)

octopus pot
(military) foxhole

Descendants

→ English: takotsubo, Takotsubo

References

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

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