脇 – Vocabulary details

脇わき

Meanings

Noun

1. armpit; under one's arm; side; flank

2. beside; close to; near; by

also written as 傍, 側

3. aside; to the side; away; out of the way

4. off-track; off-topic

5. deuteragonist; supporting role

usu. written ワキ in Noh

6. second verse (in a linked series of poems)

Alt. forms

Kanji used

脇

armpit

Pitch accent

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Used in: 2751

Used in vocabulary (27 in total)

両りょう脇わき

both sides

小こ脇わき

under one's arm; (in) the armpit

脇わきに置おく

to lay aside; to set aside

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Examples (6 in total)

テニスコートの脇わきに水みず飲のみ場ばがある。

There's a drinking fountain by the tennis court.

彼かの女じょは白しろい本ほんを脇わきに抱かかえていた。

She had a white book under her arm.

雑ざっ誌しはテーブルの脇わきに積つんである。

The magazines are piled up next to the table.

彼かれは車くるまを歩ほ道どうの脇わきに停とめた。

He parked his car beside the sidewalk.

彼かれがブリーフケースを脇わきに抱かかえてやってくるのが見みえた。

I saw him coming with his briefcase under his arm.

トムとメアリーは怪け我がをした男だん性せいを道みちの脇わきまで運はこんだ。