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JLPT N3 · Noun

胸 (mune)

胸 (むね, mune) is a Japanese noun meaning “chest; breast”. It appears in JLPT N3 vocabulary lists and is marked as a common word in JMdict.

Reading
むね
Romaji
mune
Word class
Noun
Level
JLPT N3 (unofficial)

Meaning

  1. chest; breast · noun · むな is usually used in compounds
  2. breasts; bosom; bust · noun
  3. heart · noun
  4. lungs · noun
  5. stomach · noun

Example sentences

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.
Tatoeba #206741

Sentences from the Tatoeba project, linked to this word in JMdict.

Kanji in 胸

胸
bosom, breast, chestキョウ・むね・むな- · 10 strokes

Source: JMdict entry 1237820 (EDRDG, CC BY-SA 4.0). Level: unofficial JLPT list – how levels are assigned.