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Dictionary: “腕”

腕

うで

arm

Example sentence

ALS had made his hands and arms too weak to hold a pen or to type.

Kanji details

Kun/On information

腕
On
わん
Kun
うで
Stroke count
12

・arm

・ability

・talent

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Related words to 腕

49 related words

腕力

わんりょく

→

strength in one's arms;physical strength;muscular strength

腕時計

うでどけい

→

wristwatch;watch

腕前

うでまえ

→

ability;skill;facility

腕

うで

→

ability;skill;talent;competence

腕力

わんりょく

→

force;violence

腕

うで

→

(physical) strength

腕組み

うでぐみ

→

folding one's arms

腕立て伏せ

うでたてふせ

→

push-up (exercise);press-up

腕章

わんしょう

→

armband;arm band;brassard

腕白

わんぱく

→

naughty;mischievous;unruly

腕

かいな

→

arm

腕利き

うできき

→

highly skilled;skillful;very capable;competent;able

腕をこまねく

うでをこまねく

→

to look on with arms folded

腕が鈍る

うでがにぶる

→

to become less capable

腕を磨く

うでをみがく

→

to polish one's skills

腕に覚えがある

うでにおぼえがある

→

to have confidence in one's own abilities

腕のいい

うでのいい

→

skilled;skillful;skilful;competent;capable;good

腕の冴え

うでのさえ

→

dexterity;skill

腕弛い

かいだるい

→

tired;weary

腕力沙汰

わんりょくざた

→

resorting (coming) to fisticuffs;coming to blows;settling with violence

腕の見せ所

うでのみせどころ

→

opportunity to show one's abilities;time to show one's stuff;one's province

腕法

わんぽう

→

way of holding a calligraphy brush;position of the arm used for a particular type of calligraphy

腕押し

うでおし

→

pushing with one's arm

腕を返す

かいなをかえす

→

to place one's arms under those of the opponent and lift them up, in order to prevent an overhand grip on one's mawashi

腕が上がる

うでがあがる

→

to gain in skill;to improve;to get better

腕によりをかける

うでによりをかける

→

to put all one's skill (into doing something);to do something to the best of one's ability

腕を上げる

うでをあげる

→

to improve one's skill

腕を振るう

うでをふるう

→

to exercise one's talent;to display one's ability

腕捻り

かいなひねり

→

two-handed arm twist down

腕が鳴る

うでがなる

→

to be itching to put one's skills to use

腕ずく

うでずく

→

main force;brute force;strong-arm

腕橈骨筋

わんとうこつきん

→

brachioradialis (muscle)

腕枕

うでまくら

→

using one's arms as a pillow

腕比べ

うでくらべ

→

contest (of strength or skill)

腕が無い

うでがない

→

unskilled;not very good at

腕がらみ

うでがらみ

→

entangled arm lock (judo);hammerlock (wrestling)

腕が悪い

うでがわるい

→

unskilled;incompetent;poor;bad

腕木

うでぎ

→

crossarm;bracket;blade;semaphore

腕こき

うでこき

→

able;capable;competent

腕を組む

うでをくむ

→

to fold one's arms

腕ひしぎ

うでひしぎ

→

armlock

腕渡り

うでわたり

→

brachiation;swinging from branch to branch

腕まくり

うでまくり

→

rolling up one's sleeves

腕がいい

うでがいい

→

skilled;skillful;skilful;competent;capable;good

腕一本脛一本

うでいっぽんすねいっぽん

→

relying on one's own resources;being entirely on one's own

腕が立つ

うでがたつ

→

to be talented;to be able

腕っ節

うでっぷし

→

physical strength

腕甲

わんこう

→

brassard (armor);brassart;rerebrace;vambrace

腕毛

うでげ

→

arm hair