肩かた肘ひじ

noun

shoulders and elbows

Refers to the shoulders and elbows as body parts. Often used in set phrases like 肩肘を張る (to be tense/stiff) or 肩肘をつく (to lean on one's elbow).

• 肩かた肘ひじを張はらずに、リラックスしてください。

  Please relax without being tense.

• 彼かれは机つくえに肩かた肘ひじをついて考かんがえ込こんでいた。

  He was deep in thought, leaning his elbow on the desk.