Illustration: At a small neighborhood ramen counter, a diner lifts noodles neatly with chopsticks held in their left hand. Their right hand rests loosely beside the bowl. The neighboring diner uses chopsticks in their right hand, and their working elbows have just bumped.

JLPT N1nounLevel estimated by Bebop

左ひだり利きき

hidarikiki

left-handed person, left-handedness

Example sentences

  1. 僕ぼくは左利ひだりききです。

    I’m left-handed.

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  2. トムって、左利ひだりきき？それとも右利みぎきき？

    Is Tom left-handed or right-handed?

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  3. トムは左利ひだりききだが、字じを書かくときは右手みぎてだ。

    Tom is left-handed, but he writes with his right hand.

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Kanji in 左利

  • 左leftOnサ・シャKunひだり
  • 利profit; advantageOnリKunきく

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