どう – Vocabulary details

どう

Noun

1. trunk; torso; body; abdomen; waist

胴どうは太ふとく、他ほかの馬うまよりも脚あしが短みじかい。The torso is thick, and the legs are shorter than those of other horses.

2. plastron (in kendo); touching the plastron (kimari-te in kendo)

彼かれは胴どうはまだつけているが、面めんは取とっている。He still has his chest protector on, but he's taken off his mask.

3. frame (of a drum, etc.); sound box (of a shamisen, etc.); hull (of a ship)

4. dealer

also written as 筒

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bronze statue

cylindrical; having no waist; undefined (waist); cylinder vase; stockpot

second player (out of three); player that goes after the dealer

頭あたまがあり、手て足あしがあり、どうがある。

It has a head, arms and legs, and a torso.

彼かれはどうはまだつけているが、面めんは取とっている。

He still has his chest protector on, but he's taken off his mask.

どうでなく面めんにいったのも巧たくみでした。

Going for the head instead of the body was clever, too.

彼かれのむき出だしのどうに、筋きん肉にくが分ぶ厚あつく盛もり上あがっていた。

Thick muscles bulged on his bare torso.

どうは太ふとく、他ほかの馬うまよりも脚あしが短みじかい。

The torso is thick, and the legs are shorter than those of other horses.

ダックスフントは、非ひ常じょうに長ながいどうと短みじかい足あしをしたドイツ犬いぬである。

A dachshund is a dog from Germany with a very long body and short legs.

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