竜骨 (りゅうこつ) Japanese meaning | KotomoraFreq.FrequencyTop 100,000 Meanings
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noun
keel
The central structural beam running along the bottom of a ship or boat.
2
noun
dragon bone; longgu
Traditional Chinese medicine term for fossilized bone used as a crude drug; also known as Fossilia ossis mastodi.
漢方では、竜骨は鎮静作用があるとされる。
In Kampo medicine, dragon bone is said to have a calming effect.
dragon, imperial
Etymology
From Chinese 龍骨／龙骨 (lónggǔ), literally 'dragon bone'. The shipbuilding sense is a semantic extension based on the shape resembling a backbone.
