喉

のど · nodo · JLPT N4 · noun

throat

喉 — throat

🗣️ nodo = no-do: a sore throat means no talking, no singing, no doing

Etymology: nodo comes from older nomido, from nomu (to drink) + to (door, gate) — the throat is the drinking-gate. The kanji 喉 has the mouth radical 口 on the left, marking it as a mouth-and-throat word.

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