Illustration: At a children’s science activity in a community center, a child lifts one inked index finger from a small blank card. A crisp oval fingerprint remains, its looping ridges clearly visible through a magnifying glass held by an instructor.

JLPT N1nounLevel estimated by Bebop

指し紋もん

shimon

fingerprint

Example sentences

  1. 最初さいしょに彼かれの目めをとらえたのはグラスについた指紋しもんだった。

    The first thing that caught his eye was a fingerprint on the glass.

    Tatoeba · CC BY 2.0 FR · Source

  2. トムは指紋しもんを残のこさないようにゴム手袋てぶくろをつけた。

    Tom put on some rubber gloves so he wouldn’t leave fingerprints.

    Tatoeba · CC BY 2.0 FR · Source

  3. 警察けいさつが言いうには、トムの指紋しもんをそこで見みつけたんだって。

    The police said they found Tom’s fingerprints there.

    Tatoeba · CC BY 2.0 FR · Source

Kanji in 指紋

  • 指finger; pointOnシKunゆび・さす
  • 紋family crest; figuresOnモン

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