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► 成句
  [(2)ほね]  [骨が折れる]    meaning:  difficult  rank: 3
☆ 子供てるのは本当に骨がれる仕事だ ⇨ Raising children is a job that really breaks your bones, it is difficult

  [(2)ほね]  [骨を折る]    meaning:  effort  rank: 3
☆ 仕事けるよう骨を折ってくれた ⇨ He broke his bones, went out of his ways, to get me a job  (☛ Especially make a lot of effort for someone else)

  [(2)ほね]  [骨の有る]  [coll]    meaning:  character  rank: 4
☆ あいつは骨の有るだ ⇨ He is a man with bones, a strong backbone, character

  [(2)ほね]  [骨を埋める]    meaning:  stay  rank: 4
☆ はこのに骨をめるつもりだ (うずめる) ⇨ I plan to bury my bones here, live here until I die  (☛ Note that it is pronounced うずめる, not うめる)

► 名詞
  [(2)ほね]    meaning:  bone  rank: 1
☆ 事故の骨を折った ⇨ He broke his leg bone in an accident

  [こつ]    meaning:  skill  rank: 2
☆ コツめるまで練習するしかない ⇨ You have to practice until you get the knack
☆ この部品をはめるにはコツ要る ⇨ It takes some knack to fit this part in place  (☛ Often written as コツ)


More examples:
  • は肋骨を折った ⇨ He broke his ribs
  • の骨がにつっかえた ⇨ A fish bone got stuck in the throat
  • 傷口から骨がしていた ⇨ A bone was sticking out of the wound
  • 頭蓋骨陥没骨折 ⇨ A depressed skull fracture
  • 骨董品屋 ⇨ An antique shop
  • は背骨ががっている ⇨ He has a curved spine
  • 彼等計画の骨格を組み上げた ⇨ They have built the skeleton, fundamentals, of the project
  • 豚骨ラーメン決定版 ⇨ The best example of pork broth ramen
  • は露骨にをした ⇨ He openly showed his disgust
  • 露骨な性描写 ⇨ Explicit sexual descriptions
  • 病院で骨折部のレントゲン撮った ⇨ They took X-ray pictures of the fracture at the hospital
  • は無骨だが人間ではない ⇨ He is uncouth, uncultured, but not a bad person
  • 骨休めに温泉行った ⇨ I went to a hot spring resort to rest my body
  • 骨折りのくたびれ (ほねおりぞん) ⇨ Broke bones and only earned tiredness. Bust your butt for nothing
  • 彼等事業の骨組みを組み立てている ⇨ They are building the skeleton, structure, of the new business