薬指

くすりゆび

Meanings

1. Noun ring finger; third finger; fourth finger (esp. in piano-playing)
2. fourth toe

Kanji

• 薬 drug. Read as くすり.
• 指 indicate. Read as ゆび.

Example sentences

• 彼女は左手の薬指にダイヤの指輪をはめていた。
  She wore a diamond ring on her left third finger.
• 「薬指」は「お姉さん指」とも言います。
  In Japanese, the ring finger can also be referred to as "the older-sister finger".
• 薬指を曲げずに、小指だけを曲げれる？
  Can you bend your pinky without bending your ring finger?

Word lists

• JLPT N2

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