胸
胸

bosom, breast, chest, heart, feelings

10 strokesFrequency 1,144JLPT N2Grade 6

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キョウ

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むねむな-

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Common Words

胸むねむなNounFreq #499
1

むな is usually used in compounds

chest; breast

Examples
その亡命者は故国への思いに胸を焦がした。
The exile yearned for his home.
2

breasts; bosom; bust

3

heart

4

lungs

5

stomach

6

heart; mind; feelings

胸元胸もとむなもと胸許NounFreq #3512
1

breast; chest

2

pit of the stomach; solar plexus; epigastrium

胸を張る胸をはるむねをはるExpressionGodan verbFreq #3881
1

to throw out one's chest; to be puffed up with pride

Examples
えっへんと大いばりでアリスは胸を張った。
"A-hem!" Alice boasted, puffing up with pride.
度胸どきょうNounFreq #6653
1

courage; bravery; pluck; nerve; grit; guts

Examples
あいつの度胸を試してみよう。
I'll put his courage to the test.
胸中きょうちゅうNoun～の Adj.Freq #9784
1

one's heart; one's mind; one's intentions

Examples
私の胸中は悲喜こもごもだ。
Joy and grief alternate in my breast.
胸の内胸のうちむねのうち胸の裡NounExpressionFreq #9873
1

what's in one's heart; one's emotional state; what one feels

胸を撫で下ろす胸をなで下ろす胸をなでおろすむねをなでおろすExpressionGodan verbFreq #10862
1

to be relieved; to feel relieved

胸が痛む胸がいたむむねがいたむExpressionGodan verbFreq #12656
1

to experience chest pain; to have a pain in one's chest

2

to feel sick at heart; to have one's heart ache; to be anguished

胸板むないたNounFreq #13216
1

breast; chest

Examples
弾丸は彼の厚い胸板を貫通した。
The bullet penetrated his muscular chest.
胸部きょうぶNounFreq #13828
1

chest; breast

Examples
胸部のレントゲンをとってください。
I'd like you to have a chest X-ray.
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