爪

Meaning

爪 centers on the hard, curved, pointed covering at the end of a finger or toe: a claw, nail, or talon.

• 爪つめ
  N4

  nail (e.g. fingernail, toenail); claw; talon; hoof

• 爪楊枝つまようじ
  N1

  toothpick

• 爪痕そうこん

  fingernail mark; scratch

• 爪痕つめあと

  fingernail mark; scratch

• 鉤爪かぎづめ

  claw; talon

• 小爪川獺こつめかわうそ

  Asian small-clawed otter (Aonyx cinerea)

• 深爪ふかづめ

  cutting a fingernail (or toenail) to the quick; cutting a nail too close

• 爪先立ちつまさきだち

  standing on tiptoes

• 爪切りつめきり
  N1

  nail clippers

• アフリカ爪蛙アフリカつめがえる

  African clawed frog (Xenopus laevis)

• 付け爪つけづめ

  artificial fingernail; fake fingernail

• 夜爪よづめ

  cutting one's nails at night (said to cause one to miss the deathbed of one's parents)

• 小爪こづめ

  lunula; half-moon (of a fingernail)

• 巻き爪まきづめ

  ingrown toenail

• 平爪蟹ひらつめがに

  swimming crab (Ovalipes punctatus); sand crab

• 扁爪ひらづめ

  nail (e.g. fingernail, toenail)

• 抜爪ばっそう

  nail removal; declawing

• 抜爪術ばっそうじゅつ

  declawing; onychectomy

• 有爪動物ゆうそうどうぶつ

  velvet worm (Onychophora)

• 爪だにつめだに

  cheyletid (any mite of the family Cheyletidae)

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