へその緒お

noun

umbilical cord

Refers to the physical cord connecting a fetus to the placenta. Also used in the idiom へその緒を切る (to cut the umbilical cord, i.e., to become independent).

• 赤あかちゃんが生うまれた後あと、へその緒おを切きります。

  After the baby is born, the umbilical cord is cut.

• 彼かれはまだ親おやのへその緒おから離はなれられない。

  He still can't cut the umbilical cord from his parents.