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脛: shin

shin; lower leg
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Readings

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すね・はぎ

脛 (すね) is the shin. 脛をかじる (live off one's parents) is a common idiom; 脛骨 (けいこつ) is the tibia.

Key words

脛すねshin
脛をかじるすねをかじるto live off one's parents
脛当てすねあてshin guard
脛骨けいこつtibia
向こう脛むこうずねshin

Example sentences

During the soccer match, the ball hit my shin and left a bruise.

Even after graduating from university, he is still living off his parents.

I fell, broke my tibia, and was in the hospital for three months.

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