太ふともも

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Common wordFreq.FrequencyTop 10,000

Meanings

1

noun

thigh

The ordinary anatomical word for the upper part of the leg, between the hip and the knee.

長ながく歩あるいたので、太ふとももが筋きん肉にく痛つうになった。

My thighs became sore from walking for a long time.

太ふとももにけがをして、しばらく走はしれなかった。

I injured my thigh and could not run for a while.

2

noun

buttocks; butt; arse

colloquial

Colloquial extension for the buttocks or bum area. In standard modern usage, お尻 is the normal word; 太もも is chiefly understood as 'thigh' unless context makes this colloquial sense clear.

くだけた会かい話わでは、お尻しりを指さして太ふとももと言いうこともある。
In casual conversation, 太もも is sometimes used to refer to the buttocks.

Usage patterns

〈物もの〉で太ふとももを鍛きたえるto train/strengthen one's thighs (with something)
スクワットで太ふとももを鍛きたえている。
I'm strengthening my thighs with squats.
太ふとももが痛いたいone's thigh hurts
走はしりすぎて太ふとももが痛いたい。
My thighs hurt from running too much.
太ふとももにあざができるto get a bruise on one's thigh
転ころんで太ふとももにあざができた。
I fell and got a bruise on my thigh.

Expressions

太ふとももを出だすexpose one's thighs; bare one's buttocks

Kanji

太plump, thick, big around
腿thigh, femur
股thigh, crotch

Related words

腿ももN1sense 1
腿 is a shorter, slightly more literary way to say 'thigh', while 太もも is the everyday word used in conversation.
大だい腿たい sense 1
大腿 is the formal, anatomical or medical term for the thigh, whereas 太もも is the ordinary word used in daily life.

Don't confuse with

お尻しり sense 2
お尻 is the standard, polite word for the buttocks, while 太もも only refers to the buttocks colloquially and normally means 'thigh'.

Counted with

本ほんN5
Used for long, cylindrical body parts and similar elongated things.

Written forms

太ふとももUsage46%
Common mixed kanji-kana spelling; this is the high-priority written form.
太ふと腿ももUsage32%
Fully kanji spelling using 腿; attested and clear in meaning, but less common in everyday writing than 太もも.
太ふと股ももUsage16%
Fully kanji spelling using 股; understandable and attested, but less learner-friendly than 太もも.
ふとももUsage4%

Etymology

A compound of 太い, 'thick, large,' and もも, 'thigh.' The kanji spellings 太股 and 太腿 conventionally represent the same body-part meaning.

フトモモ

Usage1%

search-only kana form

Katakana search-only form; not the usual spelling in ordinary prose.