豊ほう胸きょう

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Meanings

full breasts; ample breasts

A descriptive noun for full or ample breasts. Compared with the cosmetic-procedure meaning, this standalone descriptive sense can sound formal, literary, or dictionary-like.

作さく中ちゅうの女め神がみは、豊ほう胸きょうの美び女じょとして描えがかれている。
In the work, the goddess is depicted as a full-breasted beauty.

noun

breast enlargement; breast augmentation

Usually refers to enlarging the breasts cosmetically, especially in phrases such as 豊胸手術. This is the most practical modern use for learners to recognize.

Usage patterns

豊ほう胸きょう手しゅ術じゅつを受うけるto undergo breast augmentation surgery
彼かの女じょは去きょ年ねん、豊ほう胸きょう手しゅ術じゅつを受うけた。
She underwent breast augmentation surgery last year.
豊ほう胸きょうを行おこなうto perform breast enlargement (as a medical/cosmetic procedure)
そのクリニックでは最さい新しんの技ぎ術じゅつで豊ほう胸きょうを行おこなっている。
That clinic performs breast enlargement using the latest techniques.

Kanji

豊bountiful, excellent, rich
胸bosom, breast, chest

Related words

豊ほう胸きょう手しゅ術じゅつ sense 2
豊胸 can refer loosely to breast enlargement, while 豊胸手術 specifically names the surgical procedure.
バストアップ sense 2
バストアップ is a casual beauty/marketing term for making the bust look larger, whereas 豊胸 more strongly implies surgical enlargement or a formal description of fullness.
豊ほう満まん sense 1
豊満 describes a fuller, voluptuous body or figure in general, while 豊胸 specifically describes or refers to the breasts.

Opposites

貧ひん乳にゅう sense 1
貧乳 is slang for small breasts, the opposite of the full-breasted sense of 豊胸.

Word family

豊ほう胸きょう術じゅつ
breast augmentation; augmentation mammoplasty
豊ほう胸きょう手しゅ術じゅつ
breast augmentation surgery
豊ほう胸きょう疑ぎ惑わく
suspicions of breast implants

Etymology

A Sino-Japanese compound of 豊, associated with abundance or fullness, and 胸, chest or breast. The spelling transparently matches both the descriptive sense and the later cosmetic-enlargement sense.