Japanese edit

Kanji in this term
りつ
Grade: 1
もう
Grade: 2
きん
Grade: 6
kan’yōon goon kan’on
 立毛筋 on Japanese Wikipedia

Etymology edit

立毛 (piloerection) +‎ (muscle), calque of New Latin arrēctor pilī

Pronunciation edit

  • (Tokyo) つもーきん [rìtsúmóókíń] (Heiban – [0])
  • (Tokyo) つもーきん [rìtsúmóꜜòkìǹ] (Nakadaka – [3])
  • IPA(key): [ɾʲit͡sɨᵝmo̞ːkʲĩɴ]

Noun edit

(りつ)(もう)(きん) (ritsumōkin

  1. an arrector pili
    Synonym: 起毛筋 (kimōkin)