Illustration: At a small jewelry counter, a customer rests their left hand palm-down on a cushion, with all five digits comfortably spread and visible. The jeweler gently slides a plain ring onto the finger immediately beside the little finger, leaving the longer middle finger clearly separate on its other side.

JLPT N2nounLevel estimated by Bebop

薬くすり指ゆび

kusuriyubi

ring finger

Example sentences

薬指くすりゆびを曲まげずに、小指こゆびだけを曲まげれる？
Can you bend your pinky without bending your ring finger?
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「薬指くすりゆび」は「お姉ねえさん指ゆび」とも言いいます。
In Japanese, the ring finger can also be referred to as "the older-sister finger".
Tatoeba · CC BY 2.0 FR · Source
彼女かのじょは左手ひだりての薬指くすりゆびにダイヤの指輪ゆびわをはめていた。
She wore a diamond ring on her left third finger.
Tatoeba · CC BY 2.0 FR · Source

Kanji in 薬指

薬medicine; chemicalOnヤクKunくすり
指finger; pointOnシKunゆび・さす

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