爪切り

つめきり

Also written 爪切

Meanings

1. Noun nail clippers

Kanji

• 爪 nail. Read as つめ.
• 切 cut. Read as きり.

Example sentences

• ねえ、ここにしまってあった爪切り知らない？
  Eh, do you know where the nail clippers that were here before are?
• 爪切りが見当たらないんだよ。
  I can't find my fingernail clippers.
• どうしてこの家って、爪切りが２０本もあるの？もしかして、それぞれの指を別々の爪切りで切ってるの？それが、この家のしきたりなの？
  Why are there twenty nail clippers in this house? Maybe they use a different nail clipper for each finger and toe? Is that the custom in this house?

Words containing 爪切り

• 爪切りばさみ (つめきりばさみ) nail scissors

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