爪
ソウ
つめ • つま-
claw; nail; talon
Words
爪半月
つめはんげつ
- lunula (white crescent-shaped area at the base of a nail); nail moon n
巻き爪
まきづめ
- ingrown toenail n
爪の垢を煎じて飲む
つめのあかをせんじてのむ
- to take a lesson from (a wise person); to follow in the footsteps of; to boil the dirt under (somebody's) fingernails and drink it (so that you may become like them) exp v5m id
爪の垢
つめのあか
- dirt under one's fingernails exp n
- shred (of decency, etc.); scrap; bit; smidgen exp n id
扁爪
ひらづめ
- nail (e.g. fingernail, toenail) n