► 成句
壺 [(2)つぼ] [思う壺] meaning: favor rank: 3
☆ そんなことをしたら向こうの思う壺だ ⇨ If you do that you will play right into their hands (☛ 壺 is a gambling dice cup. Literally means “get the number of the dice the shaker intended”)
► 名詞
壺 [つぼ] meaning: pot rank: 2
☆ 遺跡で発掘された壺 ⇨ A pot excavated at an archaeological site
壺 [つぼ] [壺を押さえる] meaning: point rank: 4
☆ 微分積分のツボを押さえる ⇨ Understand the most important points of calculus (☛ Usually written in katakana as “ツボ”)
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