Illustration: On the wooden veranda of a Japanese home, a grandfather trims one fingernail over a shallow collection tray. His thumb presses the raised lever of a small metal nail clipper, with its curved jaws clearly fitted around the nail's edge. A few crescent-shaped clippings lie below.

JLPT N1nounLevel estimated by Bebop

爪つめ切きり

tsumekiri

nail clippers

Example sentences

引ひき出だしに爪切つめきりがあるよ。
The nail clippers are in the drawer.
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旅行用りょこうように小ちいさな爪切つめきりを買かった。
I bought a small pair of nail clippers for the trip.
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この爪切つめきりは切きれ味あじがいい。
These nail clippers cut well.
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Kanji in 爪切

爪claw; nailOnソウKunつめ・つま-
切cutOnセツ・サイKunきる・きり・きれる

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