Word details

骨を埋める

Meanings, readings, and example sentences for the Japanese word 骨を埋める.

Dictionary

Entry

骨を埋める骨をうずめるほねをうずめるExpressionIchidan verbFreq #52145
1

Idiomatic expression

to make (somewhere) one's final home; to make (a place) one's final resting place

Examples
私はこの国に骨を埋めるつもりです。
I wish to be buried in this country.
2

Idiomatic expression

to do (something) for the rest of one's life; to devote (the rest of) one's life to (something)

Character notes

Kanji in this Word

skeleton, bone, remains, frame

10 strokesFrequency 936JLPT N2Grade 6

On

コツ

Kun

ほね

bury, be filled up, embedded

10 strokesFrequency 1,110JLPT N2Grade 8

On

マイ

Kun

う.めるう.まるう.もれるうず.めるうず.まるい.ける

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