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肩 kanji
shoulder
- JLPT level
- N2 (unofficial)
- First appears in
- N3 vocabulary
- Strokes
- 8
- School grade
- Secondary school
On readings
ケン
Kun readings
かた
Words with 肩
LevelWord & meaningActions
- —肩章shoulder mark; shoulder board; epaulette; epaulet
- —肩部shoulder
- —双肩shoulders
- —比肩ranking equal with; comparing favourably with; comparing favorably with
- —強肩strong throwing arm
- —肩高withers (height from ground to shoulder blades in animals)
- —肩帯pectoral girdle; shoulder girdle
- —肩甲scapular
- —肩骨shoulder blade; scapula
- —肩甲骨shoulder blade; scapula
- —肩甲帯shoulder girdle
- —肩甲棘scapular spine; spine of the scapula; spina scapulae
- —肩甲挙筋levator scapulae muscle
- —双肩に掛かるto fall on one's shoulders (e.g. responsibility, duty)
- —頸肩腕症候群cervicobrachial syndrome; indicates pain, swelling, weakness and/or numbness in the neck/shoulder region, used when specific diagnosis is not known
- —肩胛骨shoulder blade; scapula
- —肩胛挙筋levator scapulae muscle
- —双肩にかかるto fall on one's shoulders (e.g. responsibility, duty)