胸むね

noun

chest; breast

The front of the upper body. This is the basic physical sense; むな is mainly a compound form.

• 胸むねに手てを当あてて深しん呼こ吸きゅうした。

  I put my hand on my chest and took a deep breath.

• ボールが胸むねに当あたった。

  The ball hit me in the chest.

noun

breasts; bosom; bust

Refers specifically to the breasts or bust, often in contexts of body shape, clothing fit, or size.

• このワンピースは胸むねのあたりが少すこしきつい。

  This dress is a little tight around the bust.

noun

heart; heartbeat felt in the chest

Used for the heart as felt inside the chest, especially in expressions about pounding or fluttering. It is not a precise medical term for the organ.

• 走はしったあと、しばらく胸むねがどきどきした。

  After running, my heart kept pounding for a while.

noun

lungs; chest illness

Rare or old-fashioned use referring to the lungs or a lung/chest disease, especially in fixed expressions such as 胸を患う.

• 古ふるい文ぶん章しょうでは、「胸むねを患わずらう」が肺はいの病びょう気きを患わずらう意い味みで使つかわれることがある。

  In older writing, 胸を患う can mean to suffer from a lung disease.

noun

stomach; upper stomach area

Used in some symptom expressions for nausea, heartburn, or discomfort felt high in the stomach or chest area.

• 食たべ過すぎて胸むねがむかむかする。

  I ate too much, and my stomach feels queasy.

• 脂あぶらっこい物ものを食たべると胸むねが焼やける。

  When I eat greasy food, I get heartburn.

noun

heart; mind; feelings

Figurative sense: the chest as the place where emotions, thoughts, hopes, worries, or memories are held.

• 彼かの女じょの優やさしい言こと葉ばが胸むねにしみた。

  Her kind words touched me deeply.

• 大おおきな夢ゆめを胸むねに抱だいて上じょう京きょうした。

  I went to Tokyo carrying a big dream in my heart.