骨|ほねhone[2]odaka (tail-high)

JLPT N3approx.Common
Definitions
  1. nounbone
    骨ほねが完全かんぜんにくっつくには1ヶ月かげつくらいはかかるだろう。↗
    It'll take the bone a month or so to set completely.
  2. nounframe
  3. nounoutline; core
  4. nounbackbone; spirit; fortitude
  5. na-adjective, nounlaborious; troublesome; difficult
Conjugation
Plain form骨(ほね)
Polite (desu)骨です(ほねです)
Negative (dewa nai)骨ではない(ほねではない)
polite (dewa arimasen)骨ではありません(ほねではありません)
Past (datta)骨だった(ほねだった)
Past negative (dewa nakatta)骨ではなかった(ほねではなかった)
Te form (de)骨で(ほねで)
Adverbial (ni)骨に(ほねに)
Conditional (nara)骨なら(ほねなら)

Common forms generated by rule; see the senses for honorific or irregular usage.

Japanese definitions
  1. 動物どうぶつの体からだの内部ないぶにある、硬かたい白色はくしょくの組織そしき。
  2. 物ものを支ささえる枠組わくぐみの構造こうぞう。
  3. 物事ものごとの最もっとも重要じゅうような中心ちゅうしん部分ぶぶん。
  4. 困難こんなんに耐たえる強つよい心こころ。勇気ゆうきや決断力けつだんりょく。
  5. するのに手間てまがかかって、疲つかれる。
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