腿
腿: thigh
thigh
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Readings
On
タイ
Kunもも
Read もも alone and in 太腿 (ふともも); in the anatomical 大腿 it is タイ. Don't confuse 大腿 (だいたい) with 大体 (roughly).
Key words
太腿ふとももthigh
大腿骨だいたいこつthighbone; femur
腿肉ももにくthigh meat
腿ももthigh
内腿うちももinner thigh
Example sentences
階段を何度も上り下りしたので、次の日は太腿が痛かった。
I went up and down the stairs so many times that my thighs hurt the next day.
雪道で転んで大腿骨を折り、三か月入院した。
I fell on a snowy road, broke my femur, and was in the hospital for three months.
焼き鳥は、やわらかくて脂ののった腿肉がいちばん好きだ。
For yakitori, I like the tender, juicy thigh meat best.