Illustration: In a Japanese school science room, a teacher holds a removable anatomical forearm model beside a student's real forearm. The model's outer layer rests on the table, revealing branching nerve cords that continue into individual fingers, distinct from the surrounding muscles and vessels.

JLPT N2nounLevel estimated by Bebop

神しん経けい

shinkei

nerve

In dental care, it can mean a tooth’s nerve. Note written by AI.

Example sentences

  1. 私わたしの夫おっとは首くびの神経しんけいを痛いためた。

    My husband damaged a nerve in his neck.

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  2. 神経しんけいは抜ぬくのですか。

    Are you going to remove the nerve?

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  3. 神経しんけいを抜ぬく必要ひつようがあります。

    I have to remove your nerve.

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Kanji in 神経

  • 神gods; mindOnシン・ジンKunかみ・かん-・こう-
  • 経sutra; longitudeOnケイ・キョウ・キンKunへる・たつ・たていと

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