喉

• 読み: のど
• ローマ字: nodo
• 漢字の分解: 喉 (kou/nodo) — throat
• 発音: /no.do/

意味

The throat. The front part of the neck, or the passage for food and air.

Commonly appears in the expression 喉が渇く (nodo ga kawaku, to be thirsty, literally 'throat is dry') and 喉が痛い (nodo ga itai, to have a sore throat). While the kanji 喉 exists, the word is very often written in hiragana as のど.

例文

1. 走った後で喉が渇いた。
2. 風邪を引いて喉が痛いです。
3. 喉にいい飲み物はありますか。

使い方ガイド

場面: health, daily life, weather

トーン: neutral

起源と歴史

From Old Japanese. The kanji 喉 combines 口 (kuchi, mouth) and 侯 (a phonetic element), representing the passage behind the mouth.

文化的背景

時代: Ancient

世代: All ages

社会的背景: Universal