Illustration: On the floor beside an apartment sofa, an adult holds one hand open with the thumbnail prominently exposed while preparing to use nail clippers. A cat has settled across the person’s lap and stretches a front paw over the same hand, extending several curved claws.

JLPT N3nounLevel estimated by Bebop

爪つめ

tsume

nail, claw

Example sentences

  1. 私わたしは夜よるには決けっして爪つめを切きらない。

    I never cut my nails at night.

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  2. 猫ねこはつめを引ひっ込こめた。

    The cat retracted its claws.

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  3. つめを噛かむんじゃない。

    Don’t bite your nails.

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Kanji in 爪

  • 爪claw; nailOnソウKunつめ・つま-

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