noun
Refers to the main part of the body, excluding the head, arms, and legs. A somewhat anatomical or descriptive term.
胴中をひねると腰に負担がかかる。
Twisting your torso puts strain on your lower back.
Rare hanafuda term. In a three-player game, the player who goes after the dealer. Also written as 筒中.
See also: 胴二
花札の三人打ちでは、胴中は親の次に札を出す。
In three-player hanafuda, the second player plays after the dealer.
Also a hanafuda term for the second player, but 胴中 is rarer and may be specific to certain regional or house rules.
Compound of 胴 (どう, 'trunk, torso') and 中 (なか, 'middle, inside'). The hanafuda sense is a specialized extension, possibly from the idea of being in the middle of the play order.