壷

つぼ / つほok / つふok

• Noun

  common noun
  1. jar; pot; vase.
  2. dice cup.
  3. depression (i.e. the basin of a waterfall).
  4. target (when aiming an arrow).

     archaism

  5. (figurative) bull's-eye.

     See also 思う壺 .

  6. key point (of a conversation, etc.).
  7. acupuncture point; moxibustion point.
  8. nodes on a fingerboard (of a shamisen, etc.).

     often ツボ