骨格・骨骼|こっかくkokkaku[0]heiban (flat)

1. nounskeleton; skeletal structure; build; frame; physique
   骨格こっかくたくましい体格たいかくなので彼かれは柔道家じゅうどうかでとおっている。↗

   With his muscular constitution he passes for a judoist.
2. nounframework

• Synonym骨組みほねぐみNeutralNative Japanese word for a skeletal frame or framework, as in 「建物の骨組み」; 骨格 leans toward biological skeletons and physique.
• Synonym枠組みわくぐみNeutralA framework or system, as in 「国際的な枠組み」; leans toward institutions and systems.
• RelatedフレームNeutralLoanword for a frame, e.g. 「眼鏡のフレーム」; leans toward the outer frame rather than an underlying structure.
• Related屋台骨やたいぼねNeutralThe beam-and-pillar frame of a house; figuratively the mainstay of a family or organization, as in 「会社の屋台骨」. 骨格 stresses the overall structure.
• RelatedフレームワークNeutralLoanword for the framework of a theory, system, organization or software; 骨格 also covers biological skeletons and physique.
• Related骨幹こっかんWrittenWritten word for a skeletal structure; rare in modern Japanese.
• Related躯体くたいWrittenWritten word for a building's main structure or the human body; leans toward construction terminology.

Use 「骨格」 for a biological skeleton, physique, or the basic structure of something, as in 「骨格標本」「計画の骨格」. For a building's frame say 「骨組み」, for institutional frameworks 「枠組み」, and for glasses or picture frames 「フレーム」.

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1. 動物どうぶつの体からだを支ささえる、連結れんけつした骨ほねの全体像ぜんたいぞう。
2. 物事ものごとの形かたちを成なす基本きほんの部分ぶぶん。骨組ほねぐみ。