すね

Meanings

Usage patterns

• 〈物もの〉で脛すねを打うつto hit one's shin on something

  机つくえの角かどで脛すねを打うった。

  I hit my shin on the corner of the desk.

• 脛すねが腫はれるfor one's shin to swell up

  転ころんで脛すねが腫はれてしまった。

  I fell and my shin swelled up.

Expressions

• すねをかじるlive off someone else's money; depend on someone financially
• 脛すねに傷きず持もつhave a guilty conscience; have a skeleton in the closet
• 腕うで一いっ本ぽん脛すね一いっ本ぽんrelying on one's own resources; being entirely on one's own