Japanese

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Kanji in this term
でん
Hyōgai
きん
Grade: 6
kan'yōon kan'on
 臀筋 on Japanese Wikipedia

Etymology

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(buttock) +‎ (muscle), calque of New Latin mūsculus glūteus

Pronunciation

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Noun

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(でん)(きん) (denkin

  1. a gluteus muscle
    Hyponyms: 小臀筋 (shōdenkin), 大臀筋 (daidenkin), 中臀筋 (chūdenkin)