Word details

夜爪

Meanings, readings, and example sentences for the Japanese word 夜爪.

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Entry

夜爪よづめNounFreq #230645
1

cutting one's nails at night (said to cause one to miss the deathbed of one's parents)

Character notes

Kanji in this Word

night, evening

8 strokesFrequency 487JLPT N3Grade 2

On

Kun

よる

claw, nail, talon

4 strokesFrequency 2,025Grade 8

On

ソウ

Kun

つめつま-

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