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41 拳骨 Clenched Fist

Alternative Meanings

Knuckles

Part of Speech

Noun and する verb

Reading

げんこつ

  • Kyoko(Tokyo accent, female)
  • Kenichi(Tokyo accent, male)

Context Sentence

父は、僕に拳骨を食らわせるふりをしました。

My dad pretended to hit me with his fists clenched.

Meaning Explanation

A fist that's like a bone (hard) is a fist that's clenched and ready to punch, making this a clenched fist or knuckles, if you want to get even bonier about it.

Reading Explanation

This is a jukugo word that uses the on'yomi readings of the kanji. But 拳 doesn't use the one you learned, it uses げん instead. Just imagine someone clenching their fist at you. You gulp and say げん instead of けん out of fear.

Utilized Kanji

  • 拳
    • けん
    • Fist
  • 骨
    • こつ
    • Bone
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