小骨

こぼね【小骨】

¶ → 魚の小骨

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I

こぼね【小骨】

small bones.

●のどに小骨が刺さった. A little bone stuck in her throat.

・のどに刺さっていた小骨が取れた. The little bone that was stuck in my throat came out.

・小骨が折れる. 〔ちょっとした苦労〕 It's no easy job [task].

●小骨の多い魚 a fish full of fine bones

・その時の苦い記憶がのどに刺さった小骨のように時折うずく. Every once in a while, the unpleasant recollection pains me like a fishbone stuck in my craw.

●ていねいに小骨を抜く carefully remove small bones (from a fish).

●首相はその法案を小骨一本抜かずに通すと断言した. The Prime Minister insisted that the bill would pass with every detail intact.

・この魚は小骨も食べられます. With this fish you can eat all the little bones.

II

しょうこつ【小骨】

【解】 an ossicle.