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。
Pitch accent
Used in vocabulary (37 in total)
to exert oneself greatly; to take pains
to make efforts; to take pains; to break a bone
to require much effort; to be hard to do; to be bone-breakingly hard
Examples (12 in total)
A bone got stuck in my throat.
He gave the dog a bone.
This fish has a lot of bones.
I drink milk because it's good for your bones.
It looks like a fish bone got stuck in my throat.
He broke one of the bones in his leg.
That was quite an effort for a child.
The scientist searched for the bones of the dinosaurs in the valley.
The dog ate the fish, bones, tail and all.
I gave the dog a bone. That stopped its barking.
The flat, dish-shaped bone in front of the knee joint is called the patella.
The human spine consists of 33 or 34 bones.