Word Meaning 背骨

せぼね sebone

背骨 is read as せぼね (sebone) and means spine.

Meaning

English

spine
backbone
spinal column

Reading

Kana

せぼね

Romaji

sebone

Writing Variants

脊骨せぼね sebone
背ぼね せぼね sebone

Stroke Sequence

2 Characters • 19 Total Strokes

Study Signals and Categories

JLPT N2 Jōyō Grade 6 Kanken 5級 Rank 6370 Priority B

Related Vocabulary

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背伸び

せのび

standing on tiptoe and stretching one's back to make oneself taller

背中を丸める

せなかをまるめる

to hunch one's shoulders

背戸の馬も相口

せどのうまもあいくち

even an unruly horse can be tamed

背革

せがわ

back of a leatherbound book

背負い革

しょいかわ

sling

頭骨

ずこつ

skull

骨

ほね

bone

鉄骨

てっこつ

steel frame

軟骨

なんこつ

cartilage

人骨

じんこつ

human bones

白骨

はっこつ

white (bleached) bone

散骨

さんこつ

scattering of ashes (cremated remains)

Example Sentences

背骨を折ってしまったんだ。

I broke my back.

最後のわら一本がらくだの背骨を折る。

The last straw breaks the camel's back.

人間の背骨は、33ないし34個の骨でできています。

The human spine consists of 33 or 34 bones.

あ、そうだ。まゆに変なことしたら、背骨を折る。

One more thing. If you try anything on Mayu I'll break your spine.

椎間板ヘルニアは背骨の間にある椎間板という軟骨が飛び出すものです。

Disk herniation is when cartilage, called 'intervertebral disk' and found between each vertebra, slips out.

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背骨 Backbone