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気門 (きもん) Japanese meaning | Kotomora

気き門もん

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ん

Meanings

1

noun

spiracle

Entomological term for the small respiratory openings along an insect's body.

昆こん虫ちゅうの気き門もんは、体からだの側そく面めんに並ならんでいる。
Insect spiracles are lined up along the sides of the body.

Kanji

気spirit, mind, air
門gate, counter for cannons

Etymology

Compound of 気 (ki, 'air, breath') and 門 (mon, 'gate, opening'). The exact historical derivation is uncertain, but the spelling is conventionally associated with the meaning of a respiratory opening.