胴|どうdou[1]atamadaka (head-high)

JLPT N1approx.Common
Definitions
  1. nountrunk; torso; body; abdomen; waist
    ダックスフントは、非常ひじょうに長ながい胴どうと短みじかい足あしをしたドイツ犬けんである。↗
    A dachshund is a dog from Germany with a very long body and short legs.
  2. nounplastron (in kendo); touching the plastron (kimari-te in kendo)
  3. nounframe (of a drum, etc.); sound box (of a shamisen, etc.); hull (of a ship)
  4. noun, hanafudadealeralso written as 筒
Synonyms & antonyms
  • 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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Japanese definitions
  1. (ドウ)身体しんたい中ちゅう、体幹たいかんから頭部とうぶを除のぞいた部分ぶぶん。特とくに腹部ふくぶ。
  2. (ドウ)身体しんたいの他た、航空機こうくうき等とうで体幹たいかんの半なかば辺あたり。
  3. (ドウ) 腹部ふくぶを保護ほごする防具ぼうぐ。
  4. (ドウ) 技わざの一ひとつで、語義ごぎ3の防具ぼうぐに対たいし側面そくめんから打ち込うちこむもの。
  5. (ドウ) 技わざの一ひとつで、語義ごぎ3の防具ぼうぐに対たいし正面しょうめんから突つくもの。
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