Japanese
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| 直
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筋
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ちょく > ちょっ Grade: 2
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きん Grade: 6
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Etymology
直 (“straight”) + 筋 (“muscle”), calque of New Latin mūsculus rēctus
Noun
直筋 • (chokkin)
- (anatomy) a rectus muscle
- Hyponyms: 大腿直筋 (daitai chokkin), 外側直筋 (gaisokuchokin), 外側頭直筋 (gaisoku tōchokukin), 下直筋 (kachokukin), 小後頭直筋 (shōkōtōchokukin), 上直筋 (jōchokukin), 前頭直筋 (zentōchokukin), 大後頭直筋 (daikōtōchokukin), 内側直筋 (naisokuchokukin), 腹直筋 (fukuchokukin)