bone; frame; outline; core; backbone; spirit
open; unconcealed; undisguised; broad; lewd; indecent
to require much effort; to be hard to do; to be bone-breakingly hard
boorish; unrefined; rustic; uncouth; clumsy; brusque
skeleton; skeletal structure; build; framework
spine; backbone; spinal column
to make efforts; to take pains; to break a bone
steel frame; steel beam; steel girder
white (bleached) bone; skeleton
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
(clenched) fist; knuckles
boorish; unrefined; rustic; uncouth; clumsy; brusque
the height of folly; sheer stupidity
cremated remains (esp. the bones); ashes; remains (of war dead)
one's true worth; one's true self; what one is really made of
bone marrow; medulla; true spirit; one's mind
to be bony; to be angular
to exert oneself greatly; to take pains
on the bone (meat, etc.); unboned; skeletal system; skeleton
having spirit; (being) staunch; having backbone
hipbone; innominate bone; fortitude; perseverance; endurance
(moral) backbone; spirit; soul; grit
muscles and bones; body build; physique; cartilage
cheekbones; zygomatic bone; malar bone
one's own flesh and blood; blood relative; kinsman; flesh and bone; (one's) body
to be bony; to be angular
useless; waste of time and effort; pointless; vain efforts
knack; skill; bone; skeleton; cremated remains (esp. the bones); ashes
making one's best exertions
pains; efforts; trouble; labor; labour; services
big-boned; sturdily built; stout; solid (plan, storyline, etc.)
cartilage; nankotsu; (dish of) gristle (usu. of chicken, deep-fried)
relaxation; recreation; recess
to die; (lit.) to become bones
main point; gist; essentials; bones (e.g. of an idea); pith
framework (of a building); foundation; mainstay; support; supporter
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)
cremated remains (esp. the bones); ashes
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
skeletal remains; dry bones of a corpse; human skeleton
dish made with pork belly and bones, simmered with miso, sake, vegetables, etc. (from Kagoshima)
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
skeletal frame; skeleton; framework; frame; outline
funerary urn; cinerary urn; burial urn; cremation urn
placing (a person's) ashes inside a funerary urn (or a tomb or ossuary); depositing ashes
to feel keenly; to strike to the core; to touch to the quick; to pierce deep inside (e.g. cold)
ossuary; crypt; charnel house
on the bone (meat, etc.); unboned; skeletal system; skeleton
tonkotsu ramen; pork bone broth ramen
to collect the ashes of the deceased; to look after someone's affairs after he dies
boor; rustic; country bumpkin; lout
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)
bone conduction; osteophony
antique store; curio store
going through great pains in vain
humerus (upper bone in arm)
playing cards; mahjong tiles made of animal bone
radius (bone of the forearm)
boor; rustic; country bumpkin; lout
sparing oneself; laziness
build; physique; appearance
to waste one's efforts; to work to no (useful) effect
rickets; boneless; spineless
bone; firm; uncompromising
beef bone (used to make stock); cattle bone; bovine bone
wristbone; carpus; carpal bone
sacrum; sacral bone; hermitry; appearance of a hermit; unworldliness
scattering of ashes (cremated remains)
personal appearance and physique; person's appearance and physique giving a feeling of respectable character
phalanx (phalange) of the hand; phalanx (phalange) of the foot
cheekbone; zygomatic bone; malar bone
box in which ashes of the deceased are kept; box in which a funerary urn is kept
antique market; flea market
to draw breath; to take a rest after work; to have a breather; to take a break
skeleton; skeletal structure; build; framework
small-boned; thin-boned; slender; slight
funerary urn; cinerary urn; burial urn; cremation urn
spine; backbone; spinal column
adaptation (of a poem, novel, etc.); recasting; rewriting; modification; rehashing
to have a deep grudge; to bear deep resentment towards someone
bony; tough; plucky; spirited; hard to deal with
bonesetter's clinic; orthopedic clinic
sphenoid bone (of the skull)
gathering up the ashes of the deceased
one's innate character; spirit; backbone
useless; waste of time and effort; pointless; vain efforts
to become mentally exhausted; to be tired (from worry)
brute courage; recklessness
karuta; traditional Japanese playing cards
osteotomy; finely cutting a fish to cut up its small bones
outer two ribs of a folding fan (i.e. the thick ribs, one at each end); outer frame of a lattice door
to chill one's bones (e.g. because of cold, pain, etc.); to be very cold; to be scathing
ancient human skeleton; archaeological human remains
carpal (any of the bones of the carpus in the wrist)
hyoid bone (of the skull)
picking up bones and bone fragments from (a person's) cremated remains with chopsticks and putting them in a funerary urn
deep fried fish bones (snack food)
funerary urn; cinerary urn; burial urn; cremation urn
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
fibula; fibular; peroneal
bony tissue; bony substance
red-berried elder (Sambucus racemosa subsp. sieboldiana); Japanese elderberry
to get the hang of; to learn the secret to
to the core; to the bone; (lit.) to the marrow
frontal bone (of the skull)
bone char; bone black; bone coal
washing of cremated bones before placing them in a funerary urn (esp. in Okinawa)
ghostly skeletal old man who emerges from wells (Japanese folklore)
deep fried fish bones (snack food)
saint's bones; sacred bones
laboring in vain or for no result; labouring in vain
cremated remains (esp. the bones); ashes
occipital bone (of the skull)
hanafuda; Japanese playing cards (12 suits of 4 cards, each suit representing a month indicated by a flower)
cartilaginous fishes; chondrichthyans
to have a consanguineous feud; to fight between family members; to have an internecine feud
laborious work; lucubration; lucubrations; painstakingly polishing a piece of literary work
temporal bone (of the skull)
rickets; boneless; spineless
bony fishes; osteichthyans
navicular bone (largest wrist bone on the thumb side); scaphoid (bone)
skeleton; structure; build
palatine bone (of the skull)
acetabulum; cotyloid cavity
chronic myelogenous (myeloid) leukemia; CML
Japanese spatterdock (species of water lily, Nuphar japonica)
going through great pains in vain
talus; astragalus; anklebone
bones of the feet; the strength of one's feet
sciatica; sciatic neuralgia; ischiodynia; ischias
calcaneus; calcaneum; heel bone
tarsus (group of small bones between the tibia and fibula and the metatarsus)
ethmoid bone (of the skull)
recovering the remains of soldiers (e.g. Japanese soldiers who died abroad during WWII)
phalanx (phalange) of the foot
being scattered in all directions; being broken up and dispersed
(a person with) strong moral fiber (backbone, determination)
to spare oneself (the trouble)
Japanese spatterdock (species of water lily, Nuphar japonica)
lower leg bone (esp. the tibia and the fibula, but sometimes also including the patella)
backbone; spirit of defiance
stirrup (bone of the ear); stapes
body and soul; mind and body; bottom of one's heart; depth of one's heart
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
fortune-telling using animal bones
bones of the palm (esp. the metacarpals, but sometimes also including the carpals)
pelvic floor muscle; pubococcygeal muscle; Kegel muscle
thousands die to make one hero; (lit.) one general reaches glory, ten thousand bones are left to dry
thousands die to make one hero; (lit.) one general reaches glory, ten thousand bones are left to dry
sciatica; sciatic neuralgia; ischiodynia; ischias
Chinese-style spare ribs (esp. pork, also beef or lamb), breaded and fried
xiphoid (relating to the lower part of the sternum); chondroxiphoid
(a person with) strong moral fiber (backbone, determination)
losing weight and becoming bony because of grief
spraining of a bone joint
to be worth the effort; to be worth the trouble
to get the hang of; to learn the secret to
Carina (constellation); the Keel
bone scan; bone scintigraphy
reduced to skin and bones
gathering up the ashes of the deceased
cremation; ashes (of a cremated person); cremated bones
to die; (lit.) to become bones
collecting bones and remains (e.g. on a battlefield); putting cremated remains in an urn
thousands die to make one hero; (lit.) one general reaches glory, ten thousand bones are left to dry
bone tool; horn implement
joint (between bones); backbone; spirit
to be worth the effort; to be worth the trouble
stirrup (bone of the ear); stapes
manubrium of sternum; episternum
glass (drinking vessel); tumbler; cups (playing card suit)
making one's best exertions
to learn the ropes; to get the knack
playing cards; mahjong tiles made of animal bone
indiscreet; thoughtless; absurd; laughable; disdaining; belittling
one's innate character; spirit; backbone
sphenoid bone (of the skull)
picking up bones and bone fragments from (a person's) cremated remains with chopsticks and putting them in a funerary urn
stirrup (bone of the ear); stapes
backbone; spirit of defiance
unsun karuta; Japanese deck of cards with 5 suits of 15 cards each
bones of the upper and lower leg
scaphoid bone (in wrist near thumb)
steel-frame construction work
the wish to have one's ashes scattered
blood feud; domestic discord
rustic; boorish; uncouth; adamantly sticking to being boorish
rustic; boorish; uncouth; adamantly sticking to being boorish
keel petal (type of flower)
funerary urn; cinerary urn
medullary cavity (of bone)
lacrimal bone (of the skull)
vomer (a bone of the skull)
malleus (bone of the ear)
kanji "bone" radical at left
something that one would not expect to exist; something exceedingly rare; (lit.) jellyfish bones
steel-framed reinforced concrete construction
bone porcelain; bone china
bony labyrinth (of the inner ear)
fibrodysplasia ossificans progressiva (disease of the connective tissue); FOP
cuneiform (bones); sphenoid (bone)
bones supporting the fins of a fish
being thin and bony; bony body; bony old man; bony old woman
bone oil; clarified bone stock
eating bones; gnawing on a bone; osteophagy
Chondrichthyes (class comprising cartilaginous fishes)
thin inner ribs of a folding fan
femoral diaphyseal fracture
Osteichthyes (class comprising the bony fishes and sometimes their descendants, i.e. tetrapods)
fibular hemimelia; fibula agenesis
bournonite; berthonite; cogwheel ore
muscular type (Kretschmer's typology); athletic type
key-block print (woodblock, copper etching); key-plate print; outline block print
key-block print (woodblock, copper etching); key-plate print; outline block print
calcaneus; calcaneum; heel bone
baculum; os penis; penis bone
jawbone; mandible; branchial arches (in fish); gill arches
jawbone; mandible; branchial arches (in fish); gill arches
jawbone; mandible; branchial arches (in fish); gill arches
steel-frame construction; steel structure
you cannot excuse a bad deed with a petty act of benevolence; (lit.) steal a pig and give the feet for alms
to engrave in one's heart
bony fishes; Osteichthyes
pendant containing the ashes of a deceased person
light gauge steel construction
whale-fall community; whale-fall fauna
dry bones; skeleton; wasting away
playing card tax; tax on playing cards, mahjong sets, domino sets, etc. (abolished in 1989)
osteonecrosis; avascular necrosis; bone infarction