喉（のど）
JLPT N5 · noun
Pitch accent: atamadaka (head-high) — first mora high, then falls
Meaning: throat
Example sentences
- 風邪をひいて喉がとても痛い。 — I caught a cold and my throat really hurts.
- 歌いすぎて喉がかれた。 — I sang too much and lost my voice.
Idioms & proverbs containing “喉”
- 美味も喉三寸 (びみものどさんすん) — good things do not last long
- 喉元過ぎれば熱さを忘れる (のどもとすぎればあつさをわすれる) — danger past and God forgotten; once on shore, we pray no more; once it's past the throat, one forgets the heat (of the swallowed object)
- 喉元思案 (のどもとじあん) — superficial way of thinking; shortsighted thinking; shallow idea
- 咽喉を扼する (いんこうをやくする) — to gain control of a key position; to command a key position
- 喉から手が出る (のどからてがでる) — (wanting something so badly that) one can almost taste it; a hand reaches out from one's throat
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See it used in real works
- Example sentences from Japanese novels & web fiction (Massif)
- Hear “喉” pronounced in real videos (YouGlish)