膝ひざ

Meanings

Usage patterns

• 膝ひざを曲まげるto bend one's knee

  痛いたくて膝ひざを曲まげることができない。

  It hurts so much that I can't bend my knee.

• 膝ひざが痛いたいone's knee hurts

  最さい近きん、階かい段だんを上あがると膝ひざが痛いたい。

  Lately my knee hurts when I go up stairs.

• 〈人ひと〉を膝ひざに乗のせるto put someone on one's lap

  父ちちは小ちいさい弟おとうとを膝ひざに乗のせて絵え本ほんを読よんでくれた。

  My father sat my little brother on his lap and read him a picture book.

• 膝ひざをすりむくto scrape one's knee

  転ころんで膝ひざをすりむいてしまった。

  I fell and scraped my knee.

• 膝ひざを組くむto cross one's legs (knee over knee)

  彼かれは椅い子すに座すわって膝ひざを組くんだ。

  He sat down in the chair and crossed his legs.

• 膝ひざに座すわるto sit on someone's lap

  子こ供どもが母はは親おやの膝ひざに座すわって甘あまえている。

  The child is sitting on his mother's lap being affectionate.

Expressions· 14

• 膝ひざが笑わらうknees about to give way; knees buckling
• 膝ひざをつくfall to one's knees; go down on one's knees
• 膝ひざを崩くずすsit at ease; relax one's sitting posture
• 膝ひざを打うつslap one's knee (in sudden realization or admiration)
• 膝ひざを折おるsurrender; give in; yield · bend the knee; kneel; crouch

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