Japanese edit

Kanji in this term
こつ
Grade: 6
つぼ
Hyōgaiji
yutōyomi
Alternative spelling
骨壺 (kyūjitai)

Etymology edit

(kotsu, ashes) +‎ (tsubo, urn)

Pronunciation edit

Noun edit

(こつ)(つぼ) (kotsutsubo

  1. funerary urn

References edit

  1. ^ Matsumura, Akira, editor (2006), 大辞林 (in Japanese), Third edition, Tōkyō: Sanseidō, →ISBN
  2. 2.0 2.1 2.2 NHK Broadcasting Culture Research Institute, editor (1998), NHK日本語発音アクセント辞典 [NHK Japanese Pronunciation Accent Dictionary] (in Japanese), Tōkyō: NHK Publishing, →ISBN