喉仏

Japanese

Kanji in this term
喉	仏
のど Grade: S	ほとけ > ぼとけ Grade: 5
kun’yomi

Alternative spelling
喉佛 (kyūjitai)

Etymology

From 喉(のど) (nodo, “throat”) + 仏(ほとけ) (hotoke, “Buddha”).

Pronunciation

(Tokyo) のどぼとけ [nòdóbóꜜtòkè] (Nakadaka – [3])[1][2][3]
IPA^(key): [no̞do̞bo̞to̞ke̞]

Noun

喉(のど)仏(ぼとけ) • (nodobotoke)

(anatomy) Adam's apple

Synonyms

喉頭隆起(こうとうりゅうき) (kōtō ryūki)

References

Matsumura, Akira, editor (2006), 大辞林 [Daijirin] (in Japanese), Third edition, Tōkyō: Sanseidō, →ISBN
NHK Broadcasting Culture Research Institute, editor (1998), NHK日本語発音アクセント辞典 [NHK Japanese Pronunciation Accent Dictionary] (in Japanese), Tōkyō: NHK Publishing, →ISBN
Kindaichi, Kyōsuke et al., editors (1997), 新明解国語辞典 [Shin Meikai Kokugo Jiten] (in Japanese), Fifth edition, Tōkyō: Sanseidō, →ISBN

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