I Love Kanji胴 (dou)
胴 (どう, dou) is a Japanese noun meaning “trunk; torso”. It appears in JLPT N1 vocabulary lists and is marked as a common word in JMdict.
- Reading
- どう
- Romaji
- dou
- Word class
- Noun
- Level
- JLPT N1 (unofficial)
Meaning
- trunk; torso; body; abdomen; waist · noun
- plastron (in kendo); touching the plastron (kimari-te in kendo) · noun
- frame (of a drum, etc.); sound box (of a shamisen, etc.); hull (of a ship) · noun
- dealer · noun · rare · also written as 筒
Example sentences
ダックスフントは、非常に長い胴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.
Sentences from the Tatoeba project, linked to this word in JMdict.
Kanji in 胴
Source: JMdict entry 1454010 (EDRDG, CC BY-SA 4.0). Level: unofficial JLPT list – how levels are assigned.