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扁桃 (へんとう, hentou) Japanese meaning: almond | Kotomora

扁へん桃とう

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Freq.FrequencyTop 50,000

Meanings

1

Refers to the nut or the tree. In everyday contexts, アーモンド is more common.

See also: アーモンド

扁へん桃とうはアーモンドの漢かん語ご的てきな呼よび方かたです。

Kanji

扁level, small
桃peach

Related words

アーモンド
The common loanword for almond, used in everyday speech and food contexts. 扁桃 is more formal or technical.
扁へん桃とう腺せん
Specifically the tonsil glands; 扁桃 alone can refer to the tonsils as an organ.

Word family· 9

扁桃 is a Sino-Japanese term for almond.

2

tonsil

Medical/anatomical term. Often used in compounds like 扁桃腺 (tonsils) or 扁桃炎 (tonsillitis).

扁へん桃とうが腫はれて痛いたい。
My tonsils are swollen and painful.

扁へん桃とう腺せん

tonsil · tonsillitis

扁へん桃とう体たい

amygdala; amygdaloid nucleus

扁へん桃とう油ゆ

almond oil

扁へん桃とう炎えん

tonsillitis

甘かん扁へん桃とう

sweet almond

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扁へん桃とう肥ひ大だい
tonsillar hypertrophy; enlarged tonsils
扁へん桃とう膿のう瘍よう
peritonsillar abscess; quinsy
扁へん桃とう摘てき出しゅつ術じゅつ
tonsillectomy
扁へん桃とう周しゅう囲い膿のう瘍よう
peritonsillar abscess; quinsy

Written forms

扁へん桃とうUsage95%
Standard kanji spelling for both almond and tonsil.
へんとうUsage5%

Etymology

Sino-Japanese compound: 扁 (flat) + 桃 (peach), originally referring to the almond's shape. The anatomical sense comes from the almond-like shape of the tonsils.