Illustration: In a neighborhood exercise room, an adult in a sleeveless training shirt bends one elbow while holding a modest dumbbell. Their upper-arm muscle is visibly rounded and firm under the skin. A curious child gently rests two fingers against the raised biceps, looking surprised at how its shape changes.

JLPT N3nounLevel estimated by Bebop

筋きん肉にく

kinniku

muscle

Example sentences

  1. 水泳すいえいは筋肉きんにくを発達はったつさせる。

    Swimming develops our muscles.

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  2. 筋肉きんにくがなまった。

    My muscles have become soft.

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  3. 運動うんどうが筋肉きんにくを鍛きたえる。

    Exercise trains the muscles.

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Kanji in 筋肉

  • 筋muscle; sinewOnキンKunすじ
  • 肉meatOnニクKunしし

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