唾

つば · tsuba · JLPT N1 · noun

spit

唾 — spit

🥄 つば (tsuba) sounds like 'tsk-bah': the sound you make spitting it out, a wet tsk plus bah

唾 is the spit you make by hitting the floor. Think 'tsuba' as a quick tsk-bah. Saliva and spit share one word, so one sound covers both.

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