Japanese

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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

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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

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Noun

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

  1. (pathology) heartburn

References

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