肩: ShoulderKanji meaning, readings, and the words that use it

Words that use the on'yomi (ケン)

• 強肩きょうけんstrong throwing arm
• 双肩そうけんshoulders
• 双肩にかかるそうけんにかかるto fall on one's shoulders (e.g. responsibility, duty)
• 双肩に掛かるそうけんにかかるto fall on one's shoulders (e.g. responsibility, duty)
• 比肩ひけんranking equal with; comparing favourably with

Words that use a kun'yomi

• 肩かたshoulder
• 肩書かたがきtitle (e.g. Doctor, Professor, Lord); job title
• 肩代わりかたがわりtaking over another's debt; shouldering someone else's burden
• 肩こりかたこりstiff neck; stiff shoulders
• 肩たたきかたたたきshoulder massage (performed by tapotement)
• 肩入れかたいれsupport; backing
• 肩凝りかたこりstiff neck; stiff shoulders
• 肩幅かたはばshoulder width (breadth)
• 肩書きかたがきtitle (e.g. Doctor, Professor, Lord); job title
• 肩身かたみshoulders; body
• 肩透かしかたすかしunder-shoulder swing-down; technique of grasping the arm of the opponent, the moment he comes forward, while stepping out of line and pushing down on the shoulder blade with the other hand, thus pulling him down
• 路肩ろかたshoulder (of a road); berm
• いかり肩いかりがたsquare shoulders
• なで肩なでがたsloping shoulders
• 両肩りょうかたboth shoulders
• 二枚肩にまいがたcarrying a palanquin as a pair; palanquin carried by two people
• 五十肩ごじゅうかたstiff shoulders (usu. owing to age); frozen shoulder
• 凍結肩とうけつかたfrozen shoulder; adhesive capsulitis
• 右肩みぎかたright shoulder
• 右肩上がりみぎかたあがりgrowing (graph rising to the right); expanding
• 右肩下がりみぎかたさがりdecreasing (graph falling to the right); shrinking
• 四十肩しじゅうかたshoulder pain (at about age forty)
• 地肩じがた(one's natural) shoulder strength
• 左肩ひだりかたleft shoulder
• 怒り肩いかりがたsquare shoulders
• 撫で肩なでがたsloping shoulders
• 相肩あいかたpartner; someone who shares one's load
• 肩あげかたあげtuck at the shoulder (of a child's clothes); shoulder tuck
• 肩あてかたあてshoulder pad; shoulder reinforcement
• 肩かけカバンかたかけカバンshoulder bag
• 肩がこるかたがこるto have stiff shoulders
• 肩がつかえるかたがつかえるto have stiff shoulders
• 肩がわりかたがわりtaking over another's debt; shouldering someone else's burden
• 肩が凝るかたがこるto have stiff shoulders
• 肩が張るかたがはるto have stiff shoulders
• 肩が閊えるかたがつかえるto have stiff shoulders
• 肩ごしかたごしover one's shoulder
• 肩すかしかたすかしunder-shoulder swing-down; technique of grasping the arm of the opponent, the moment he comes forward, while stepping out of line and pushing down on the shoulder blade with the other hand, thus pulling him down
• 肩すかしをくうかたすかしをくうto suffer a disappointment; to feel let down
• 肩すかしをくわせるかたすかしをくわせるto dodge (an attack, question, etc.); to sidestep
• 肩すかしを喰うかたすかしをくうto suffer a disappointment; to feel let down
• 肩すかしを食うかたすかしをくうto suffer a disappointment; to feel let down
• 肩すかしを食わせるかたすかしをくわせるto dodge (an attack, question, etc.); to sidestep
• 肩で息をするかたでいきをするto breathe heavily (e.g. with much movement of the shoulders)
• 肩で風を切るかたでかぜをきるto swagger; to strut
• 肩ならしかたならしwarming up; limbering up
• 肩にかかるかたにかかるto fall on one's shoulders (e.g. responsibility, duty)
• 肩に担ぐかたにかつぐto bear; to shoulder
• 肩に掛かるかたにかかるto fall on one's shoulders (e.g. responsibility, duty)
• 肩のちからをぬくかたのちからをぬくto let the tension out of one's shoulders; to relax
• 肩のにがおりるかたのにがおりるto feel relieved of one's burden; to have a weight removed from one's mind
• 肩の力をぬくかたのちからをぬくto let the tension out of one's shoulders; to relax
• 肩の力を抜くかたのちからをぬくto let the tension out of one's shoulders; to relax

Other readings

• 撫肩なでがたsloping shoulders
• 肩かけかばんかたかけカバンshoulder bag

Showing the 60 most common of 141 words. See them all in the graph.

Kanji that often appear with 肩

• 透
• 掛
• 揚
• 張
• 食
• 肘
• 身
• 双
• 右
• 下
• 荷
• 取