Illustration: An office worker has stepped away from a computer in a modest Japanese workplace. Their shoulders remain hunched, their neck turns only slightly, and one hand firmly kneads the muscle between the opposite shoulder and neck. Their face tightens as they attempt a small shoulder roll.

JLPT N2nounLevel estimated by Bebop

肩かたこり

katakori

stiff shoulders

Example sentences

  1. 肩かたこりがひどいのです。

    I have a bad stiff neck.

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  2. 肩かたこりがある。

    My neck is stiff.

    Tatoeba · CC BY 2.0 FR · Source

  3. 肩かたこりを揉もみほぐす

    to massage away shoulder stiffness

    Wiktionary · CC BY-SA 4.0 · Source

Kanji in 肩

  • 肩shoulderOnケンKunかた

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