胸キュン

Japanese

FWOTD – 24 July 2016
Kanji in this term
胸
むね
Grade: 6
kun'yomi

Etymology

胸(むね) (mune, “chest, heart”) + キュン (kyun) (~ きゅんと (kyunto)). Literally "tightening of the chest."

Pronunciation

  • (Tokyo) むねきゅん [mùnékyúń] (Heiban – [0])
  • IPA(key): [mɯ̟ne̞kʲɨ̃ɴ]

Noun

胸(むね)キュン • (munekyun) 

  1. (figurative, idiomatic) heart pounding; butterflies in one's stomach
    「君(きみ)に、胸(むね)キュン。」
    “Kimi ni, munekyun.”
    "My heart pounds for you." (song by YMO)
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