Word Meaning 背骨

せぼね sebone

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

Meaning

English

  1. spine
  2. backbone
  3. spinal column

Reading

Kana

せぼね

Romaji

sebone

Writing Variants

  • 脊骨 せぼね sebone

Stroke Sequence

2 Characters • 19 Total Strokes

Study Signals and Categories

JLPT N2 Jōyō Grade 6 Kanken 5級 Rank 6079 Priority A

Related Vocabulary

Max. 12

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

ほね

bone

鉄骨

てっこつ

steel frame

頭骨

とうこつ

skull

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)

屋台骨

やたいぼね

framework (of a building)