Meanings
Readings
Common Words
trunk; torso; body
body (of an aircraft); fuselage; hull (of a ship)
trunk; torso; body; abdomen; waist
plastron (in kendo); touching the plastron (kimari-te in kendo)
frame (of a drum, etc.); sound box (of a shamisen, etc.); hull (of a ship)
Rare term; Hanafuda; Also written as ็ญ
dealer
Common noun
cavity; hollow; cave; cavern
Nouns which may take the genitive case particle 'no'
hollow
bronze statue
tossing (someone) into the air (in celebration)
banker (gambling); bookmaker; person who runs a gambling den; person who rents out space for gambling and charges commission
manager; boss
Nouns which may take the genitive case particle 'no'; Adjectival nouns or quasi-adjectives (keiyodoshi)
cylindrical
Nouns which may take the genitive case particle 'no'; Adjectival nouns or quasi-adjectives (keiyodoshi)
having no waist; undefined (waist); rectangle (body shape); straight
cylinder vase
Abbreviation
stockpot
Memory Mnemonics
Keywords
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Constituents
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Mnemonic Stories
The initiation for the stoic order of monks was to strengthen the flesh of the trunk of their body until they could all withstand the same powerful blow.
While our limbs often differ in length from person to person, the trunk is the part of the body that often looks the same.
Flesh looks the same when you chop off everything but the trunk. Gruesome, but easy to remember for flesh + same.
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