食しょく道どう

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Common wordFreq.FrequencyTop 50,000

Meanings

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noun

esophagus; gullet

anatomy

Anatomical term for the tube connecting the throat to the stomach.

eat, food

道road-way, street, district

喉のど
喉 is the general term for throat, while 食道 specifically refers to the esophagus.
胃い
胃 is the stomach, the organ that receives food from the esophagus.

Compound of 食 (eating) and 道 (passage, way), literally 'food passage'.