Illustration: At a Japanese science museum’s hands-on anatomy exhibit, a child bends one elbow while using the other hand to bend the elbow of a life-size skeleton model. The two elbows sit close together, making the same bending point unmistakable in the living arm and exposed bones.

JLPT N1nounLevel estimated by Bebop

関かん節せつ

kansetsu

joint

Example sentences

左肩ひだりかたの関節かんせつが痛いたみます。
The joint of my left shoulder aches.
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肘ひじは上腕じょうわんと前腕ぜんわんをつなぐ関節かんせつだ。
The elbow is a joint that connects the forearm and the upper arm.
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指ゆびの関節かんせつをポキポキ鳴ならすのはやめろ。
Stop cracking your knuckles.
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Kanji in 関節

関connection; barrierOnカンKunせき・かかわる・からくり
節node; seasonOnセツ・セチKunふし・のっと

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