丹たん田でん

noun

tanden; point below the navel

In traditional East Asian medicine and martial arts, the area about three finger-widths below the navel, considered the body's center of energy and focus for meditation and breathing techniques.

• 気き功こうでは、丹たん田でんに意い識しきを集しゅう中ちゅうさせることが大たい切せつだ。

  In qigong, it is important to focus your awareness on the tanden.

• 彼かれは丹たん田でんに力ちからを込こめて、重おもい荷に物もつを持もち上あげた。

  He gathered strength in his tanden and lifted the heavy load.