胴|どうdou[1]atamadaka (head-high)
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- nountrunk; torso; body; abdomen; waist
- nounplastron (in kendo); touching the plastron (kimari-te in kendo)
- nounframe (of a drum, etc.); sound box (of a shamisen, etc.); hull (of a ship)
- noun, hanafudadealeralso written as 筒
- Synonym胴体どうたいNeutralRefers to the trunk of a person or animal, and also to a plane's fuselage or ship's hull, as in 「胴体着陸」; 「胴」 leans toward the body's middle, especially the belly.
- Synonym躯幹くかんWrittenWritten/formal prose word for the trunk; a medical, anatomical term that is rarely used elsewhere.
- Synonym体幹たいかんNeutralCovers the body's core trunk; common in fitness and sports contexts, as in 「体幹トレーニング」.
- Synonym胴部どうぶNeutralMeans the trunk section, as in 「胴部の傷」; found mostly in medical and technical descriptions.
Use 「胴」 for the middle section of a person's or animal's body, as in 「胴が長い」「胴回り」, and for kendo armor or a drum body; 「胴体」 is the usual word for the trunk or a fuselage, and 「体幹」 fits fitness talk.
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