胴 (Dou) is a Japanese noun meaning “trunk, torso, body, abdomen”.
Meanings
- nountrunk; torso; body; abdomen; waist
- nounplastron (in kendo); touching the plastron (kimari-te in kendo)
- nounframe (of a drum, etc.); sound box (of a shamisen, etc.); hull (of a ship)
- noundealeralso written as 筒
Examples
ダックスフントは、非常に長い胴と短い足をしたドイツ犬である。
A dachshund is a dog from Germany with a very long body and short legs.
Sentences from Tatoeba (CC BY 2.0 FR).