ほね
Meanings
Noun
1. 人など、動物(脊椎動物)のからだの内部にあって、特に硬く、からだを支えたり他の部分を守ったりする部分。硬骨。軟骨を含めることもある。
2. 死んだ後遺った骨。遺骨。
3. 柔らかい物体が形をたもつように、それを支える部分。
4. 物事の中心。芯。
5. しっかりとした心持ち。気骨。
6. 努力を要すること。困難。
Kanji used
bone
Pitch accent
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Used in vocabulary (47 in total)
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
skin and bones
on the bone (meat, etc.); unboned; skeletal system; skeleton
flesh and bones
to exert oneself greatly; to take pains
to be bony; to be angular
to be bony; to be angular
having spirit; (being) staunch; having backbone
① 大変な労力を払って行うこと。② 1の苦労によって得られるもの。③ 骨折のこと。
to die; (lit.) to become bones
relaxation; recreation; recess
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)
jawbone; mandible
to feel keenly; to strike to the core; to touch to the quick; to pierce deep inside (e.g. cold)
on the bone (meat, etc.); unboned; skeletal system; skeleton
to collect the ashes of the deceased; to look after someone's affairs after he dies
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)
rickets; boneless; spineless
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
jawbone; mandible
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
deep fried fish bones (snack food)
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
to the core; to the bone; (lit.) to the marrow
bonesetting
rickets; boneless; spineless
joint (between bones)
Japanese spatterdock (species of water lily, Nuphar japonica)
to spare oneself (the trouble)
to die; (lit.) to become bones
bone scan; bone scintigraphy
picking up bones and bone fragments from (a person's) cremated remains with chopsticks and putting them in a funerary urn
Japanese spatterdock (species of water lily, Nuphar japonica)
backbreaking work
something that one would not expect to exist; something exceedingly rare; (lit.) jellyfish bones
bone oil; clarified bone stock
① 漢字の部首「⾻」が偏である場合の呼称。
Examples (12 in total)
A bone got stuck in my throat.
He gave the dog a bone.
This fish has a lot of bones.