胸キュン

Japanese

FWOTD – 24 July 2016

Kanji in this term
胸
むね Grade: 6
kun’yomi

Etymology

胸(むね) (mune, “chest, heart”) + キュン (kyun) (~ きゅんと (kyunto)). Literally "tightening of the chest."

Pronunciation

• (Tokyo) むねきゅん [mùnékyúń] (Heiban – [0])
• IPA^(key): [mɯ̟ᵝne̞kʲɨ̃ᵝɴ]

Noun

胸(むね)キュン • (munekyun) 

1. (figurative, idiomatic) heart pounding; butterflies in one's stomach

   「君(きみ)に、胸(むね)キュン。」

   “Kimi ni, munekyun.”

   "My heart pounds for you." (song by YMO)