Illustration: In a compact apartment kitchen, a cook has both hands covered in sticky bread dough. With an exaggerated look of concentration, they bend one bare arm sharply and press a large wall light switch using the point of the elbow.

JLPT N2nounLevel estimated by Bebop

肘ひじ

hiji

elbow

Example sentences

  1. 彼女かのじょは両膝りょうひざに肘ひじをのせた。

    She put her elbows on her knees.

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  2. ひじを痛いためました。

    I hurt my elbow.

    Tatoeba · CC BY 2.0 FR · Source

  3. 肘ひじが痛いたむんだよ。病院びょういんに行いこうかな。

    My elbow really hurts. I guess I should go to a hospital.

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Kanji in 肘

  • 肘elbow; armOnチュウKunひじ

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