N2798/1725

小こ指ゆび

nounnoun (generic)

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こゆび

Meanings

little finger, pinky, fourth (occ. fifth) finger
little toe

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Example sentences

彼女かのじょは小指こゆびに細ほそい指輪ゆびわをはめていた。

She was wearing a thin ring on her little finger.

ドアに小指こゆびをぶつけて、ひどく痛いたかった。

I hit my little finger on the door and it hurt terribly.

日本にほんでは約束やくそくの際さいに小指こゆびを絡からめる習慣しゅうかんがある。

In Japan, there is a custom of linking little fingers when making a promise.

足あしの小指こゆびを机つくえの角かどにぶつけてしまい、歩あるくのが辛つらい。

I bumped my little toe on the corner of the desk, and it's painful to walk.

彼かれはピアノを演奏えんそうする際さい、小指こゆびの使つかい方かたが非常ひじょうに巧たくみであると師匠ししょうから評ひょうされた。

He was praised by his master for his exceptionally skillful use of the little finger when playing the piano.

Related words

潜るもぐる

to dive (into or under water); to get under, to get into, to get in, to creep into, to crawl under, to bury oneself, to burrow into, to dig oneself into, to snuggle under; to hide oneself (esp. from the government), to conceal oneself, to go underground

上下じょうげ

top and bottom, high and low, above and below, upper and lower ends, up and down; going up and down, rising and falling, fluctuating; going and coming back; upper and lower classes, ruler and ruled, the government and the people; first and second volumes; top and bottom, two-piece (outfit)

突くつく

to prick, to stab; to poke, to prod, to push, to thrust, to nudge, to hit, to strike; to use (a cane), to prop oneself up with, to press against (the floor, etc.); to attack; to brave (the rain, etc.)