Illustration: In a school science room, a teacher holds a life-size model of an upper-arm bone beside a standing skeleton model with that same piece temporarily removed. The rounded joint ends and long central shaft are easy to see.

JLPT N3nounLevel estimated by Bebop

骨ほね

hone

bone

Example sentences

骨ほねが完全かんぜんにくっつくには１ヶ月かげつくらいはかかるだろう。
It’ll take the bone a month or so to set completely.
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骨ほねが喉のどにささった。
The bone caught in my throat.
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彼かれは犬いぬに骨ほねをやった。
He gave the dog a bone.
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Kanji in 骨

骨skeleton; boneOnコツKunほね

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