つび

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Japanese

Alternative spelling
𡱖

Etymology 1

Pronunciation

Noun

つび • (tsubi) 

  1. (archaic) female genitalia; vagina
    • 938, Minamoto no Shitagō, Wamyō Ruijushō, volume 2, page 46:
      玉門 房内經云玉門、女陰名也、按謂女陰爲玉門、見外臺秘要引素女經及病源候論婦人帶下候、楊氏漢語抄云、尿、通鼻今案俗人或曰朱門並未詳
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    • c. 1177-1188: Iroha Jiruishō
      陰 ツヒ 玉茎玉門等之通称 尿 開 玉門 朱門　玉泉
    • 1254: Kokon Chomonjū (volume 16, episode 544)
      彼女がつかひける物の中に、つくしの女ありけり。 「其つくしの女、われにあはせ給へ。たえがたくゆかしき事侍り」といへば、妻のことふるやう、 「 何事の床敷てかくはのたまふぞ」といへば、盛廣、「いまだしりたまはぬか。つびはつくしつびとて、第一の物といふなり。」
    • 1603–1604, Nippo Jisho, page 621:
      Tçubi. ツビ (開) 女子の陰部。卑語。
      Tsubi. (Opening). A females genitals/a pussy. Vulgar language.
    • 1775: Butsurui Shōko (page 30)
      陰 へへ つび 奥羽及越路又尾張邊にて べべといふ 關西關東ともにべゞといふは小兒の衣服の事なり 下總にてそゝといふ 此外男女の陰名國々異名多し 略す 江戸にて物のそゝけたつなどいふ詞有 和泉及遠江邊にてはぼゞけたつと云。江戸にてはさはいはれぬことばなり
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Etymology 2

For pronunciation and definitions of つび – see the following entry.
【螺】J
(obsolete) spiral shellfish, especially smaller ones
(obsolete) alternate name for 蛤 (hamaguri, “clam”)
(This term, つび, is the hiragana spelling of the above term.)
For a list of all kanji read as つび, see Category:Japanese kanji read as つび.)
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