Illustration: On a quiet residential pavement in Japan, two elderly friends stand side by side and link their arms before setting off together. One bends an elbow outward while the other threads a forearm through the opening; their elbows are visibly interlocked at the center of the scene.

JLPT N3verbLevel estimated by Bebop

組くむ

kumu

to cross or link arms or legs

Example sentences

  1. 私わたしは彼かれらが腕うでを組くんで歩あるいているのを見みた。

    I saw them walking arm in arm.

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  2. 彼女かのじょは足あしを組くんで座すわった。

    She sat down and crossed her legs.

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  3. 少年しょうねんは少女しょうじょと腕うでを組くんだ。

    The boy locked his arm in the girl’s.

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Kanji in 組

  • 組assemble; cooperateOnソKunくむ・くみ

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