trunk, torso, hull (ship), hub of wheel

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Keywords

trunk

Constituents

?cultist
hood
?monks
one
mouth
same
flesh
month
moon
part of the body

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.

Dictionary

Common Words

胴体うたいNounFreq #8365
1

trunk; torso; body

Examples
それは女性の頭、ライオンの胴体、鳥の翼とヘビの尾を持っていた。
It had the head of a woman, the body of a lion, the wings of a bird, and the tail of a serpent.
2

body (of an aircraft); fuselage; hull (of a ship)

NounFreq #8871
1

trunk; torso; body; abdomen; waist

Examples
ダックスフントは、非常に長いと短い足をしたドイツ犬である。
A dachshund is a dog from Germany with a very long body and short legs.
2

plastron (in kendo); touching the plastron (kimari-te in kendo)

3

frame (of a drum, etc.); sound box (of a shamisen, etc.); hull (of a ship)

4

Rare term; Hanafuda; Also written as 筒

dealer

空洞うどうFreq #10868
1

Common noun

cavity; hollow; cave; cavern

2

Nouns which may take the genitive case particle 'no'

hollow

銅像うぞうNounFreq #21279
1

bronze statue

Examples
その銅像を遠くから見るとかなり素敵に見えます。
The bronze statue looks quite nice from a distance.
胴着胴衣うぎNounFreq #47425
1

(sleeveless) undergarment; padded undershirt

胴上げうあげ胴揚げNounTransitive~する VerbFreq #51469
1

tossing (someone) into the air (in celebration)

胴元筒元うもとNounFreq #54756
1

banker (gambling); bookmaker; person who runs a gambling den; person who rents out space for gambling and charges commission

2

manager; boss

胴回り胴まわりうまわりNounFreq #54872
1

waist; girth; measurement around waist

寸胴んどうんどNounFreq #55048
1

Nouns which may take the genitive case particle 'no'; Adjectival nouns or quasi-adjectives (keiyodoshi)

cylindrical

2

Nouns which may take the genitive case particle 'no'; Adjectival nouns or quasi-adjectives (keiyodoshi)

having no waist; undefined (waist); rectangle (body shape); straight

3

cylinder vase

4

Abbreviation

stockpot

胴間声うまごNounFreq #59036
1

(vulgar) thick voice

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