蛸壷

Japanese

Kanji in this term
蛸 壷
たこ
Hyōgai 		つぼ
Hyōgai
kun'yomi
Alternative spelling
蛸壺 (kyūjitai)

Etymology

From 蛸(たこ) (tako, “octopus”) + 壷(つぼ) (tsubo, “jar, pot”).

Pronunciation

Noun

蛸(たこ)壷(つぼ) • (takotsubo) 

  1. octopus pot
  2. (military) foxhole

Descendants

  • → English: takotsubo, Takotsubo

References

  1. ↑ 1.0 1.1 Matsumura, Akira, editor (2006), 大辞林 [Daijirin] (in Japanese), Third edition, Tokyo: Sanseidō, →ISBN
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