Wiktionary

胸三寸

Japanese edit

Kanji in this term
胸 三 寸
むね
Grade: 6 		さん
Grade: 1 		すん > ずん
Grade: 6
kun’yomi on’yomi

Etymology edit

From 胸 (mune, “chest”) +‎ 三寸 (sanzun, “three sun, ~9.1 cm”).

Pronunciation edit

  • (Tokyo) むねさ​んずん [mùnésáꜜǹzùǹ] (Nakadaka – [3])[1]
  • IPA(key): [mɯ̟ᵝne̞sã̠nd͡zɨ̃ᵝɴ]

Noun edit

胸(むね)三(さん)寸(ずん) • (munesanzun) 

  1. (idiomatic) thoughts buried deep inside the heart
    胸三寸(むねさんずん)に納(おさ)める
    munesanzun ni osameru
    to bury thoughts deep inside the heart (so to not show any feeling or emotions)

See also edit

References edit

  1. ^ Matsumura, Akira, editor (2006), 大辞林 [Daijirin] (in Japanese), Third edition, Tōkyō: Sanseidō, →ISBN
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