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

• (Tokyo) たこつぼ [tàkóꜜtsùbò] (Nakadaka – [2])
• (Tokyo) たこつぼ [tàkótsúbó] (Heiban – [0])
• IPA^(key): [ta̠ko̞t͡sɨbo̞]

Noun

蛸(たこ)壷(つぼ) • (takotsubo) 

1. octopus pot
2. (military) foxhole

Descendants

• → English: takotsubo, Takotsubo