bone; frame; outline; core; backbone; spirit
to require much effort; to be hard to do; to be bone-breakingly hard
to make efforts; to take pains; to break a bone
person of doubtful origin
boning (fish or meat); deboning; watering down (a plan, bill, etc.); dilution; taking the backbone out of; weakening
to the core; to the bone; (lit.) to the marrow
skeletal frame; skeleton; framework; frame; outline
on the bone (meat, etc.); unboned; skeletal system; skeleton
to exert oneself greatly; to take pains
to be bony; to be angular
having spirit; (being) staunch; having backbone
pains; efforts; trouble; labor; labour; services
to die; (lit.) to become bones
relaxation; recreation; recess
big-boned; sturdily built; stout; solid (plan, storyline, etc.)
to make (somewhere) one's final home; to make (a place) one's final resting place; to do (something) for the rest of one's life; to devote (the rest of) one's life to (something)
to feel keenly; to strike to the core; to touch to the quick; to pierce deep inside (e.g. cold)
waste of labor or energy; waste of labour; vain effort
to lose a battle to win the war; to incur damage so as to inflict greater damage on a foe; (lit.) to allow one's flesh to be cut in order to sever another's bone
to collect the ashes of the deceased; to look after someone's affairs after he dies
going through great pains in vain
rickets; boneless; spineless
sparing oneself; laziness
small-boned; thin-boned; slender; slight
to draw breath; to take a rest after work; to have a breather; to take a break
bony; tough; plucky; spirited; hard to deal with
osteotomy; finely cutting a fish to cut up its small bones
deep fried fish bones (snack food)
picking up bones and bone fragments from (a person's) cremated remains with chopsticks and putting them in a funerary urn
to chill one's bones (e.g. because of cold, pain, etc.); to be very cold; to be scathing
to engrave in one's heart; (lit.) to inscribe on one's bones
to spare oneself; to spare oneself the trouble; (arch.) to nullify someone's efforts
Japanese spatterdock (species of water lily, Nuphar japonica)
to spare oneself (the trouble)
to be worth the effort; to be worth the trouble
to lose a battle to win the war; to incur damage so as to inflict greater damage on a foe; (lit.) to allow one's flesh to be cut in order to sever another's bone
reduced to skin and bones
bone scan; bone scintigraphy
joint (between bones); backbone; spirit
something that one would not expect to exist; something exceedingly rare; (lit.) jellyfish bones
bone oil; clarified bone stock
eating bones; gnawing on a bone; osteophagy
you cannot excuse a bad deed with a petty act of benevolence; (lit.) steal a pig and give the feet for alms
kanji "bone" radical at left
key-block print (woodblock, copper etching); key-plate print; outline block print