膝をつく – Vocabulary details

膝ひざをつく

Expression

Verb (5-dan, く)

1. to fall to one's knees; to go down on one's knees (e.g. to express respect)

それから膝ひざをついて視し線せんを合あわせてくれる。Then, they go down on their knees to meet my gaze.

knee

knee; lap; knee and thigh (while sitting)

to prick; to stab; to poke; to prod; to use (a cane); to prop oneself up with

to kneel down on one knee; to genuflect

膝ひざをつく姿し勢せいとなる。

I end up in a kneeling position.

それから膝ひざをついて視し線せんを合あわせてくれる。

Then, they go down on their knees to meet my gaze.

私わたしは瓶びんを床ゆかに据すえ、膝ひざをついた。

I set the bottle on the floor and knelt down.

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