Word Meaning

つぼ tsubo

坪 is read as つぼ (tsubo) and means cubic tsubo (approx. 6 cubic metres).

Meaning

English

  1. cubic tsubo (approx. 6 cubic metres)
  2. tsubo
  3. traditional unit of fabric or paper area, approx. 9.18 square centimeters
  4. traditional unit of land area, approx. 3.31 square meters
  5. traditional unit of leather or tile area, approx. 918 square centimeters

Reading

Kana

つぼ

Romaji

tsubo

Stroke Sequence

1 Characters • 8 Total Strokes

Study Signals and Categories

JLPT N1 Jōyō Upper Grade Kanken 準2級 Rank 17250 Priority C

Example Sentences

10

このとちはごじゅうつぼあります。

This land is fifty tsubo in area.

ひとつぼはどのくらいのひろさですか?

How large is one tsubo?

かれはじゅうつぼのにわをもっている。

He has a garden of ten tsubo.

つぼたんかはいくらですか?

What is the price per tsubo?

このいえはのべゆかめんせきがよんじゅうつぼだ。

This house has a total floor area of forty tsubo.

せまいながらもさんつぼのみせをひらいた。

Even though it's small, I opened a three-tsubo shop.

たてつぼはさんじゅうつぼです。

The building area is thirty tsubo.

ひとつぼはやくさんてんさんへいほうめーとるだ。

One tsubo is approximately 3.3 square meters.

とかいではひとつぼのとちもたかい。

In the city, even one tsubo of land is expensive.

I bought an eight-acre farm for my retirement.