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表層形
つぼッ
ツボッ
動詞

つぼッ (ツボッ)

Tsubo · つぼっ — to hit the bullseye, to hit the mark (in tastes, humour, etc.)

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つぼッ in rōmaji: tsubo.

動詞 一般 * *
📝 壺る 🔤 五段-ラ行 📐 連用形-促音便
Updated: 2026年8月15日
📖 Grammar Information
表層形 (Surface)
つぼッ
見出し語 (Lemma)
壺る
読み (Reading)
ツボッ
品詞 (POS)
動詞・一般・*・*
活用型 (Conj. Type)
五段-ラ行
活用形 (Conj. Form)
連用形-促音便
表記 (Orthography)
つぼッ
読み・基本形
ツボル
表記・基本形
つぼる
見出し語の読み
ツボル
💡 English Meaning

つぼッ means “to hit the bullseye, to hit the mark (in tastes, humour, etc.)” — full definition & examples →

⭐ Dictionary Form

つぼる (ツボル) — main entry →

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ツボッ
Lemma: 壺る
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⚡ 五段 (Godan/U-verb) Conjugations
ます形 (Polite)
壺ります
て形 (Te-form)
壺って
過去形 (Past)
壺った
否定形 (Negative)
壺らない
意向形 (Volitional)
壺りましょう
可能形 (Potential)
壺れる
受身形 (Passive)
壺られる
使役形 (Causative)
壺らせる
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動詞 (verbs) come at the end of a Japanese sentence. They conjugate for tense, politeness, negation, and mood — this entry shows the base (dictionary) form.
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What is the difference between surface form and lemma? ▼
The surface form (つぼッ) is the exact text as it appeared in the corpus — it may be conjugated or inflected. The lemma (壺る) is the dictionary base form. For example, 食べた (surface) has the lemma 食べる.
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The reading shows the pronunciation in hiragana or katakana as recorded by UniDic. For kanji entries this is the standard reading of this specific surface form — which may differ from other readings of the same kanji.
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