臓ぞう

noun

viscera; internal organs; bowels

A Sino-Japanese noun referring to the body's internal organs or viscera. Learners will most often encounter it as the 臓 in compounds such as 心臓 and 肝臓, or in fixed phrases such as 五臓六腑.

• 冷つめたい水みずが五ご臓ぞう六ろっ腑ぷにしみわたった。

  The cold water soaked through my whole body, down to my very bowels.

• 臓ぞうは、心しん臓ぞうや肝かん臓ぞうなど内ない臓ぞうを表あらわす語ごに使つかわれる。

  Zō is used in words for internal organs, such as the heart and liver.