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How to say "Nail clipper" in Japanese

If you are wondering what's the Japanese word for "Nail clipper" you've come to the right place!

the Japanese word for "Nail clipper" is "Tsumekiri", written in japanese as "爪切り".

Here's a more detailed explanation:

爪切り (つめきり)' refers to a nail clipper or nail cutter, a tool used to trim and cut human fingernails or toenails. Nail clippers come in various sizes and designs, and are an essential grooming item for personal hygiene. For example: I need to use the nail clipper to trim my nails - (爪を切るためにつめきりを使う必要がある).

The Kanji are characters that represent meanings. As you can see, this word is made up of 2 Kanji:

The kanji "爪" means "Claw" and can be read as "Sou", "Tsuma", and "Tsume". And The kanji "切" means "Cut" and can be read as "Ki", "Sai", and "Setsu".

Now, let's make sure you understand this word the other way around too.

What does "Tsumekiri" mean in japanese?

"Tsumekiri" means "Nail clipper".

To learn more about the kanji in this word, checkout this pages:

What is the Kanji for claw?What is the Kanji for cut?

If you also want to learn how to write this word in Japanese, you can checkout this page:

How to write "Nail clipper" in Japanese

To make really sure you learn this word, I've prepared an interactive lesson for you. You are going to learn the readings and meanings of this word and of the characters that comprise it.

But first, you need to know a little bit about Hiragana and Katakana.

Hiragana and katakana are japanese syllabaries, this means that each character represents a syllable.

This are the characters you need to know for this lesson:

The hiragana "り" is read as "ri". The hiragana "そ" is read as "so". The hiragana "う" is read as "u". The hiragana "つ" is read as "tsu". The hiragana "ま" is read as "ma". The hiragana "め" is read as "me". The hiragana "き" is read as "ki". The hiragana "さ" is read as "sa". The hiragana "い" is read as "i". And The hiragana "せ" is read as "se".

About kanji, you need to know that most Kanji have two types of readings: Kunyomi, based on native japanese pronunciation. And onyomi, based on chinese pronunciation.

You are finally ready for your free japanese Lesson.

Heres a quick tutorial on how to use it. You'll be asked three type of questions: meaning, reading, and writing.

For meanings questions all you have to do is type the english meaning. If there is more than one meaning, you have to include them all in your answer separating them by commas (,).

For Reading questions you have to type the reading in romaji (roman letters, our normal alphabet) and it'll be automatically converted to hiragana if necessary. If there is more than one reading, you have to include them all in your answer separating them by commas (,).

For Writing questions some options will appear and all you have to do is select the correct ones.

How to say "Nail clipper" in Japanese tsumekiri