ひざ
Meanings
Noun
1. knee
2. lap; knee and thigh (while sitting)
Pitch accent
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Used in vocabulary (42 in total)
to fall to one's knees; to go down on one's knees (e.g. to express respect)
laying one's head in someone's lap; using someone's lap for a pillow
Examples (13 in total)
My knee hurts a lot.
Does your knee still hurt?
Tom scraped his knee.
She felt her knees tremble.
I hurt my knee playing soccer.
But you don't want to bend the knees too much.
One of the kittens fell asleep in my lap.
Nancy put her elbows on her knees.
The water came up to my knees.
Both Tom and Mary hurt their knees.
When you skateboard, it puts quite a strain on your knees.
The thin man paused in the shade with his knees a little bent.
The flat, dish-shaped bone in front of the knee joint is called the patella.