ひざ – Vocabulary details

ひざ

Noun

1. knee

恐きょう怖ふではなく緊きん張ちょうで膝ひざが震ふるえた。My knees trembled from tension, not fear.

2. lap; knee and thigh (while sitting)

猫ねこが私わたしの膝ひざの上うえで寝ねている。The cat is sleeping on my lap.

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to fall to one's knees; to go down on one's knees (e.g. to express respect)

to kneel (in respect); to genuflect

laying one's head in someone's lap; using someone's lap for a pillow

ひざの上うえに座すわって。

Sit on my lap.

ひざがまだ痛いたむの？

Does your knee still hurt?

砕くだけそうなひざに力ちからを込こめる。

I put strength into my knees, which feel like they are about to give way.

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