Illustration: In a compact apartment kitchen, an adult crouches beneath an open wall-cupboard door with a rounded bump visibly raised on their forehead. One hand gingerly explores the swelling while the other still holds the rice scoop they had bent down to retrieve.

JLPT N1nounLevel estimated by Bebop

こぶ

kobu

bump, lump, hump

Example sentences

  1. ラクダには一ひとつか二ふたつのこぶがある。

    Camels have either one or two humps.

    Tatoeba · CC BY 2.0 FR · Source

  2. 頭あたまをドアにぶつけてこぶができました。

    I bumped my head against the door and got a lump.

    Tatoeba · CC BY 2.0 FR · Source

  3. 額ひたいのこぶがまだ少すこし痛いたむ。

    The bump on my forehead still hurts a little.

    Written by AI for Bebop

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