鼻（はな）
JLPT N5 · noun
Pitch accent: heiban (flat) — starts low, stays high, no drop
Meaning: nose
Example sentences
- 風邪で鼻が詰まっている。 — My nose is stuffed up from a cold.
- 象は鼻がとても長い。 — Elephants have very long trunks.
Idioms & proverbs containing “鼻”
- 阿鼻叫喚 (あびきょうかん) — agonizing cries; pandemonium; two of Buddhism's hells
- 鼻元思案 (はなもとじあん) — superficial (shortsighted) way of thinking; half-baked (foolish, ill-advised) idea
- 鼻先思案 (はなさきじあん) — superficial (shortsighted) way of thinking; half-baked (foolish, ill-advised) idea
- 卵に目鼻 (たまごにめはな) — (cute) egg-like face; eyes and nose on an egg
- 鼻が利く (はながきく) — to have an acute sense of smell
- 鼻を明かす (はなをあかす) — to outwit; to get the better of; to leave (an opponent) dumbfounded; to expose (someone's) nose
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