Word Meaning 土壺

どつぼ dotsubo

土壺 is read as どつぼ (dotsubo) and means night-soil pot.

Meaning

English

  1. night-soil pot
  2. night-soil reservoir dug in a field
  3. earthenware vessel
  4. earthen urn
  5. very bad condition
  6. awful state
  7. terrible situation
  8. in the shit

Reading

Kana

どつぼ

Romaji

dotsubo

Writing Variants

  • ど壺 どつぼ dotsubo

Stroke Sequence

2 Characters • 15 Total Strokes

Study Signals and Categories

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Related Vocabulary

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土地

とち

locality

土器

どき

earthenware

土産

みやげ

local specialty or souvenir bought as a gift while travelling

土台

どだい

foundation

つち

(period of) refraining from construction in the direction of the god of the earth (in Onmyōdō)

土砂

どしゃ

sediment

土曜

どよう

Saturday

土手

どて

beef sinew stewed in miso and mirin

土間

どま

dirt floor

土足

どそく

muddy feet

土方

どかた

construction worker

土星

どせい

Saturn (planet)