Japanese edit

Kanji in this term
むね
Grade: 6

Grade: 4
kun’yomi
Alternative spelling
胸燒け (kyūjitai)
Kanji in this term
むな
Grade: 6

Grade: 4
kun’yomi
Alternative spelling
胸燒け (kyūjitai)

Etymology edit

Compound of +‎ 焼け (the 連用形(れんようけい) (ren'yōkei, stem of continuative form) of ()ける (yakeru, to burn)), literally "chest burning"

Pronunciation edit

Noun edit

(むね)() or (むな)() (muneyake or munayake

  1. (pathology) heartburn

References edit

  1. 1.0 1.1 1.2 1.3 Matsumura, Akira, editor (2006), 大辞林 [Daijirin] (in Japanese), Third edition, Tōkyō: Sanseidō, →ISBN