咽いん喉こう

noun

throat

Anatomical term for the throat, including the pharynx and larynx. More formal than のど.

• 咽いん喉こうの炎えん症しょうで声こえが出でにくい。

  I have trouble speaking because of throat inflammation.

noun

vital passage; key position

Figurative use for a strategically critical point, often in military or logistical contexts. Commonly appears in the set phrase 咽喉を扼する (to hold a vital point).

See also: 咽喉を扼する

• その海かい峡きょうは海かい上じょう交こう通つうの咽いん喉こうだ。

  That strait is a vital passage for maritime traffic.

• 敵てきは咽いん喉こうを扼やくする位い置ちに陣じん取どった。

  The enemy took up a position that held the key point.