Illustration: After running beside a Japanese riverside path, an adult runner sits on a low park bench in athletic shorts. One leg extends forward, clearly exposing the broad upper-leg section between the shorts and the knee.

JLPT N1nounLevel estimated by Bebop

腿もも

momo

thigh

Example sentences

  1. スケートをするには強つよい腿ももの筋肉きんにくが必要ひつようである。

    You need to have strong thigh muscles to skate.

    Tatoeba · CC BY 2.0 FR · Source

  2. 手ては控ひかえ目めにひざの上うえかまたは腿ももの上うえにおき、背中せなかをまっすぐ伸のばす。

    The hands are placed modestly on the knees or on the thighs, and the back is kept straight.

    KFTT corpus (NICT), Wikipedia · CC BY-SA 3.0 · Source

  3. 演奏時えんそうじは椅子いすに座すわりながら月琴げっきんを腿ももの上うえに置おき胴どうを自分じぶんの体からだから少すこし離はなして弾ひく。

    When playing, the player sits on a chair and places the gekkin on the thigh and play keeping the sound chamber a little away from the player.

    KFTT corpus (NICT), Wikipedia · CC BY-SA 3.0 · Source

Kanji in 腿

  • 腿thigh; femurOnタイKunもも

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