Illustration: On the wooden veranda of a family home, a child sits with one bare foot raised onto the opposite knee. A tiny leaf has become caught under a loose anklet, and she uses both hands to free it.

JLPT N2nounLevel estimated by Bebop

足あし首くび

ashikubi

ankle

Example sentences

彼かれは足首あしくびをねんざした。
He sprained his ankle.
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足首あしくびが腫はれてるんです。
My ankle is swollen.
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足首あしくびを痛いためたのはその時ときだよ。
That’s when I injured my ankle.
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Kanji in 足首

足leg; footOnソクKunあし・たりる・たる
首neck; counter for songs and poemsOnシュKunくび

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