末まっ節せつ骨こつ

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Meanings

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noun

distal phalanx

anatomy

Anatomical term for the bone at the tip of a finger or toe.

末まっ節せつ骨こつは指ゆびの先せん端たんにある小ちいさな骨ほねです。
The distal phalanx is the small bone at the tip of the finger.

end, close, tip

節node, season, period

骨skeleton, bone, remains

Etymology

Compound of 末 (matsu, 'tip, end'), 節 (setsu, 'joint, segment'), and 骨 (kotsu, 'bone'). The reading まっせつこつ results from gemination of the initial /tsu/ in 節.