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馬の骨 (うまのほね, umanohone) Japanese meaning | Kotomora
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も
わから
ない
男おとこ
に
娘むすめ
を
やれる
か
。
How could I give my daughter to some nobody from who-knows-where?
He got angry, saying, 'How could we leave it to a nobody like that?'
Related words 名な 無な しの 権ごん 兵べ 衛え Also means an unknown or insignificant person, but 馬の骨 is more contemptuous and focuses on lack of respectable origin, while 名無しの権兵衛 is a milder, sometimes humorous way to say 'anonymous person'.
Etymology Literally 'horse bone'. The exact origin is uncertain, but it likely derives from the idea that a horse's bone is worthless and unidentifiable, used metaphorically for a person of no known or respectable lineage.
