アキレス腱

Japanese

Kanji in this term
腱
けん
Hyōgaiji
on’yomi

Etymology

アキレス (Akiresu, “Achilles”) +‎ 腱 (ken, “tendon”)

Pronunciation

  • (Tokyo) アキレスけん [àkírésúkéń] (Heiban – [0])
  • IPA(key): [a̠kʲiɾe̞sɨ̥ᵝkẽ̞ɴ]

Noun

アキレス腱 (hiragana and katakana アキレスけん, rōmaji Akiresu-ken)

  1. (anatomy) the Achilles tendon
  2. the Achilles heel (vulnerability in an otherwise strong situation)
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