つぶ

Japanese

For pronunciation and definitions of つぶ – see the following entries.
【粒】S
[noun] something round and small, such as a drop of grain or a bead
[noun] the seed of a grain
[noun] a black, hard seed obtained from the skin of a soapnut tree
[noun] synonym of 無患子 (mukuroji, “Indian soapberry (Sapindus mukoross)”)
[noun] a small change of coins
[noun] the bead of an abacus
[noun] a person or thing who makes up a larger group of such
[noun] a beat of a percussion instrument during performances such as noh and nagauta
[noun] a wig used in kabuki plays whose chignon is small and round
[noun] synonym of 螺 (tsubu, “pond snail”, now dialectal)
[noun] (slang, gambling) dice; die
[counter] used to count things that are round and small, such as seeds and pills
[counter] (historical, Edo period) used to count 一分金 (ichibukin, “a currency equivalent to 1/4 of a 両 (ryō)”)
【螺】J
[noun] spiral shellfish, especially smaller ones
[noun] edible marine whelks of family Buccinidae
[noun] synonym of 田螺 (tanishi, “river snails of family Viviparidae”)
(This term, つぶ (tsubu), is the hiragana spelling of the above terms.)
For a list of all kanji read as つぶ, see Category:Japanese kanji read as つぶ.)
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