ホネ
Meanings
Noun
1. bone
2. frame
3. outline; core
4. backbone; spirit; fortitude
Adjective (な)
Noun
5. laborious; troublesome; difficult
Pitch accent
ホ
ネ
Used in vocabulary (27 in total)
to be hard (to do); to be difficult; to require much effort; to be laborious; to be backbreaking; to have trouble (doing)
boneless (of a fillet, etc.); without bone; lacking (moral) conviction; weak-principled; having no backbone
Japanese spatterdock (species of water lily, Nuphar japonica)
Examples (12 in total)
A bone got stuck in my throat.
He gave the dog a bone.
This fish has a lot of bones.