節ふしくれ立だつ

godan verb (-tsu), intransitive verb

knotty; gnarled

Describes trees, wood, or branches with many knots and a twisted, gnarled appearance. Often used in the past tense form 節くれだった.

• その古ふるい松まつの木きは幹みきが節ふしくれ立だっている。

  The trunk of that old pine tree is gnarled.

• 節ふしくれだった枝えだが風かぜで揺ゆれていた。

  The knotty branches were swaying in the wind.

godan verb (-tsu), intransitive verb

rough and bony; knobby; gnarled

Used for hands, fingers, or joints that are bony, knobby, or rough, often from age or hard work. Also commonly appears as 節くれだった.

• 祖そ父ふの節ふしくれ立だった手ては、長なが年ねんの農のう作さ業ぎょうの証あかしだった。

  My grandfather's gnarled hands were proof of years of farm work.

• 寒さむさで指ゆびが節ふしくれ立だって見みえる。

  My fingers look knobby from the cold.