骨
骨

skeleton, bone, remains, frame

10 strokesFrequency 936JLPT N2Grade 6

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骨ほねNounFreq #2020
1

bone

Examples
骨が完全にくっつくには１ヶ月くらいはかかるだろう。
It'll take the bone a month or so to set completely.
2

frame

3

outline; core

4

backbone; spirit; fortitude

5

Adjectival nouns or quasi-adjectives (keiyodoshi)

laborious; troublesome; difficult

露骨ろこつNoun～な Adj.Freq #5050
1

open; unconcealed; undisguised; blatant; plain; frank

Examples
露骨に嫌な顔をして、彼を睨みつけた。
I glared at him with a blatant look of disapproval on my face.
2

broad; lewd; indecent; crude

コップ洋杯洋盃《骨杯》NounUsually kanaFreq #5246
1

glass (drinking vessel); tumbler

Examples
ガラスのコップを流しにおこうとしたら手が滑って、ガシャッと割れた。
When I tried to set the glass down in the sink my hand slipped and it shattered to pieces.
2

Card games; Also written as コツフ

cups (suit)

骨折こっせつNounTransitive～する VerbFreq #11077
1

bone fracture

Examples
右腕を骨折したようです。
I think my right arm is broken.
骨が折れるほねがおれるExpressionIchidan verbFreq #11638
1

Idiomatic expression

to be hard (to do); to be difficult; to require much effort; to be laborious; to be backbreaking; to have trouble (doing)

Examples
初めは非常に骨が折れた。
I had great difficulty at the beginning.
無骨武骨ぶこつNoun～な Adj.Freq #13404
1

boorish; unrefined; rustic; uncouth; clumsy; brusque

Examples
彼の態度はすこぶる無骨だ。
He is very blunt in his manner.
頭蓋骨ずがいこつとうがいこつNounFreq #13552
1

skull; cranium

Examples
調べを進めるうちに、頭蓋骨が、何か重い一撃を受けて打ち砕かれているのが明らかになった。
Closer examination revealed that the skull had been crushed by some heavy blow.
肋骨あばらぼねろっこつNounFreq #14116
1

rib

2

ろっこつ only

frame (of a ship)

骨格こっかく骨骼NounFreq #14523
1

skeleton; skeletal structure; build; frame; physique

Examples
骨格たくましい体格なので彼は柔道家でとおっている。
With his muscular constitution he passes for a judoist.
2

framework

鎖骨さこつNounFreq #14753
1

Anatomy

collarbone; clavicle

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