JLPT N3 · な-adjective

骨 (hone)

骨 (ほね, hone) is a Japanese な-adjective meaning “bone”. It appears in JLPT N3 vocabulary lists and is marked as a common word in JMdict.

Reading: ほね
Romaji: hone
Word class: な-adjective
Level: JLPT N3 (unofficial)

Meaning

bone · noun
frame · noun
outline; core · noun
backbone; spirit; fortitude · noun
laborious; troublesome; difficult · な-adjective, noun

Example sentences

骨が完全にくっつくには１ヶ月くらいはかかるだろう。

It'll take the bone a month or so to set completely.

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Sentences from the Tatoeba project, linked to this word in JMdict.

Conjugation of 骨

な-adjective. Plain and polite forms below; try any other word in the Japanese verb conjugator.

Form	Japanese	Reading
Present (plain)	骨だ	ほねだ honeda
Present (polite)	骨です	ほねです honedesu
Negative	骨じゃない	ほねじゃない honejanai
Past	骨だった	ほねだった honedatta
Negative past	骨じゃなかった	ほねじゃなかった honejanakatta
Te-form	骨で	ほねで honede
Before a noun	骨な	ほねな honena
Adverb (~ni)	骨に	ほねに honeni

Kanji in 骨

skeleton, bone, remainsコツ・ほね · 10 strokes

Related words

Other vocabulary sharing a kanji with 骨.

骨折こっせつbone fracture露骨ろこつopen骨董品こっとうひんcurio

Source: JMdict entry 1288550 (EDRDG, CC BY-SA 4.0). Level: unofficial JLPT list – how levels are assigned.